Chapter 7: Love and Romantic Relationships

About what percentage of people report having met their current partner online?

22%

There has been _____ acceptance of gay and lesbian relationships over time in the United States, although many gays and lesbians face ____. Given this situation, gay and lesbian couples face greater relational ____ compared with straight couples

Increasing Discrimination Ambiguity

A social script is a ____ of interaction that serves as a ____ in ____ situations

Pattern Model of Behavior Familiar

Identify the situations in which social scripts are likely to be shared among participants and followed by them

Shared Social Script(s): Attending the opera Meeting a love interest's parents Not Shared Social Script(s): Watching TV while eating dinner alone at home Attending school in a new country

Research on online dating finds that a substantial percentage of users use misleading pictures or information. Identify which of the following statements are reasons why people misrepresent themselves online

Reason(s) To conform to what they think others are doing To manage their self-images and representations of self Not Reason(s) To trick young people into involvement in underground illicit activity To not be recognized by others

Identify the scenarios that best describe romantic love or utilitarian love

Romantic Love: Despite distance and difficulty, two lovers unite Across a crowded room, a man spots a stranger who will be his one true love Utilitarian Love: A women weighs her options and eventually leaves her partner in order to find a better one A married couple struggles together to improve their conflict communication

For same-gender couples, one important cause of "relational ambiguity" is the constant need to create and modify social scripts for sexual and romantic relationships

True

Select the bolded terms that represent possible evolutionary reasons for physical features that people often find attractive

- A waist slimmer than the hips may be a sign of reproductive ability - Low body fat may be associated with health

In her study of hooking up, defined as a ____ sexual or romantic encounter in which the participants are not explicitly ____ or exclusive, Lisa Wade found that the tendency to engage in these types of relationships is influence by the ____.

- Casual -Committed -Culture

Select the bolded phrases that represent examples of sociologist Ann Swidler's four qualities of the romantic ideal

- Fiftieth wedding anniversary - A perfect fit - Her family's objections to the match

Place the folllowing mate selection patterns in order from those creating the least to the most inequality in a society

1. Adults date and marry irrespective of social class background 2. Adults date and marry without attention to social class but within their own level of education 3. Adults typically, but not always, marry people who are from their own social class and who have attained a similar level of education 4. Adults only marry within their own social class

Watch the "Story Behind the Numbers" Then match each group to the correct description

Blacks- the most isolated group in terms of dating Asians- a sizeable racial-ethnic group that has reasonable dating success among two groups Hispanics- a small racial-ethnic group that has reasonable dating success among three groups Whites- the largest racial-ethnic group and the least isolated in dating

Unlike courtship, dating usually takes place in the market arena, involving personal spending and commercial consumption. Identify the ways commercial consumption changed the dating script in the twentieth century.

Changes: Families had less of a say in whom young people dated and what they did Dating became a public process Not Changes: Dating revolved around getting to know a romantic interest Relationships became more gender equal

Identify the phrase that describe utilitarian love

Characteristics: It depends upon open communication It is based on rational calculations in addition to emotion Not Characteristics: It is romantic and passionate It thrives on spontaneity

Identify the statement that describes why some researchers argue that love is an evolutionary adaptation

Children loved by their parents were more likely to survive infancy

Identify the groups who now comprise larger proportions of the dating population compared with several decades ago

Correct: Divorced Adults Unmarried Parents Older Single Adults Incorrect: Widowed Adults

Love is defined as deep affection and concern for another, with whom one feels a strong ____ bond, such as what one might feel for a ____. Romantic love is comprised of passionate devotion and ____ to another person, such as a ____.

Emotional Best friend Attraction Cohabiting partner

Identify the factors that are likely to encourage exogamy

Factor(s) Living in a racially integrated neighborhood Going away to college Not Factor(s) Being from a wealthy family Being part of a small, tight-knit community in a rural area

In the light of the spread of egalitarian beliefs, most college students promote equality of dating. It's not the norm that either person may take the lead in formal dating situations, and either person may make the first sexual move

False

Identify each statement as describing or not describing a main feature of dating in the mid-twentieth century

Feature(s): Single men and women often went on dates with multiple people in the same week or month Single men and women often went on multiple dates per week Not Feature(s): Single men and women typically dated partners they intended to marry Dating multiple partners tended to lead to less stable marriages

Identify the major changes in dating and romantic relationships that have made following social scripts more difficult in recent years

Major Change(s) Cohabitation has increased The internet had brodened the social world for many people, changing how people meet and socialize There are more ways to form and sustain a relationship More divorced and older single adults are in the dating pool Not Major Change(s) Sexual frredom has increased Couples are less committed to each other

Homophily operates in a way in which ____ people have more contact with one another than ____ people. Greater levels of homophily lead to more ____

Similar Dissimilar Endogamy

Identify the ways that wearing high heels and foot binding are similar

Similar Way(s): Both practices originated as a way to make women attractive to men Both practices cause physical harm to women's feet Both practices were the result of choices made by women Not Similar Way(s): Both practices were a consequence of men enforcing rules around women's dress

Identify the statements that are supported by research on hookup culture and sex on college campuses

Supported: The role of alcohol and drugs in hookup culture increases the risk of sexual assault The majority of young men appear to engage in hookup culture Not Supported: Hookup culture is mainly driven by men's preferences, whereas women would prefer long-term relationships in college Almost all young men who avoud hookup culture explain why that they are delaying sex for religious reasons

Match each population to the unique circumstances they face while dating

Unmarried Parents: They don't have much time to date, but many still do Divorced Adults: Olders adults form a large proportion of this group (although they are not the majority) Single Older Adults: They often have more resources to invest in dating and romance Widowed Adults: This group makes up a much smaller proportion of the dating pool than it used to

Identify the ways that wearing high heels allows women to "do gender"

Way(s) of "Doing Gender": High Heels accentuate women's relative lack of physical strength High heels accentuate physical differences between men and women Not Way(s) of "Doing Gender": High heels allow women to shield their feet from the ground and from weather High heels facilitate movement from one place to another