The Family Review Exam 1
Individuals who change their physical anatomy through sex-reassignment surgery are
transsexuals
What percent of Americans living with HIV don't know they are infected
13%
AIDS was first identified in what year?
1981
Today, women compose __________ percent of Congress.
20
Almost _____ percent of young adults say they believe in one true love
75
According to the text women full time employees earn _______ of what employed men do
79
In terms of mate selection patterns, the US is an example of what cross-cultural researchers call
A free-choice culture
adults with secure attachment style
Are inclined to trust their relationships and will provide ongoing emotional support
Research has shown that individuals gradually filter or sort out life partners
Assortative mating
The superwoman message is the image of a woman who
Attained career success and supports her family
Within the scope of expressive sexuality, orgasm is important for women as well as for men, and sec is not only, or primary for reproduction
But is an important means of enhancing human intimacy
By age 15 about 25 percent of girls have masturbated to the point of orgasm
Children are maturing 2 years earlier than they did 100 years ago
Adults with an insecure attachment style
Exhibit negative behaviors such as unwanted jealousy or attempts to control one's partner
A highly masculine male who paints his fingernails pink is best described as an example of
Gender bending
Although women outnumber men in college today
Gender differentiation in choice of majors still exist
over 1 million people are living with
HIV or AIDS
Which is the correct term for a person who has been born with ambiguous genital anatomy?
Intersexual
Lesbian relationship are the ___________ of the four kind of couples discussed in the text
Least sexualized
Compared to 50 years ago
Marriage is not as important to Americans
Cross-culturally and historically it appears that virtually all societies have been characterized by some degree of
Masculine dominance
Most mainstream pornography can be considered
Misogynistic, exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust or general disregard for women
Of the components of consummate love which is the quickest to develop and quickest to fade?
Passion
Most unmarried teens and adults engage in a pattern known as
Serial monogamy, with most parents demonstrating sexual exclusivity in dating relationships
According to the text human beings are
Sexual beings throughout their entire lives
In its original for the double standard meant that women
Should not have sex before or outside marriage but men can
Men are expected have agentic character traits like
Strength, self confidence, assertiveness, and ambition
As the age of puberty has declined
The age at marriage has risen
Women surpass men in
The proportion of population who are college graduates
Pediatric researchers have observed the children between ages 2 and 5 engaging in rhythmic manipulation of their own genitals.
They consider this behavior a natural for of sexual expression
Psychologist Robert Sternberg proposed a
Triangular love theory
The text reports that over 50 percent of marriages
Were preceded by cohabitation
A relative absence of assertiveness and ambition characterizes our expectations of women
Who are thought to embody expressive character traits
As families have become less traditional, the legal definition of a family has
become much more flexible
Traditionally, both law and social science specified that the family consisted of people related by
blood, marriage, or adoption
Since the 9/11 attacks, the so-called "can-do" man tackles traumatic events head-on
but also feels free to express emotion.
Of the components of consummate love which is the most gradual to develop
commitment
Six love styles
eros, storge, pragma, agape, ludus, mania
Sometimes the marriage exchange is accompanied by a dowry, a sum of money or property brought to the marriage by the __________.
female
Michael is a stay-at-home father and feels pressure from society to watch football on TV, enjoy action movies, play basketball on the weekends, and bring home a bigger paycheck than his corporate executive wife. What is this societal pressure called?
gender expectations
John Alan Lee classified six
love styles
Latino men are stereotyped as extremely patriarchal, following a cultural ideal of
machismo
Sex refers to
male and female anatomy and physiology
Particularly among college educated women, parenthood is
postponed
The process by which society influences members to internalize attitudes and expectations is called
socialization
Cohabitation has emerged as a lifestyle
that can be an alternative to marriage.
In sharing sexual pleasure, partners realize
that sex is something partners do with each other
From interviews and observations, the authors reveal that:
there are many definitions given for "family."
The U.S. Census Bureau defines family as
two or more persons sharing a household and who are related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
