HDFS exam 2

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a majority of high school seniors both girls and boys say that having a good marriage and family is not important to them

False!

Increasing cohabitors in the US include

Individuals with children and the elderly

Some sociologists describe the dating process as a ________ in which prospective spouses compare the assets and liabilities of eligible partners and choose the best available mate

Marraige market

dating someone who posesses similar socual characteristics, such as ethnicity and age is called

homogamy

Which of the following is not a benefit of traditional gender roles

husbands and wives can share economic and child rearing responsibilities

since 1960 the rate of cohabituation has

increased steadily

According to the text which of the following statements is FALSE!

our genetic predispositions are not affected by socialization

which of the following statements is true concerning dating and physical attractiveness

physically attractive people benefit from a halo effect

in the US, the early colonists believed marriage should be based on

politics and economics

the specific ways in which married couples define their behavior and structure their time are called marital

roles

romantic and long term love relationships involve ____ in the sense that they provide rewards and costs to each person

social exchange

the main reason today that most people marry is to have kids

FALSE

According to research many low income women are likely to remain single despite wanting to marry, why is this?

They dont want to marry a man who cant support himself economically

According to Sternberg, the mix of intimacy, passion, and commitment can vary from one relationship to another.

True

for people of both sexes, the younger age at first marriage in the 1950s and 1960s was

a historical exception rather than the rule

in terms of age american men typically marry women

a year younger

Women are more likely to express love verbally while men are more likely to express love through

action

most people date and marry within their social class because they

and their partners share similar attitudes, values, and lifestyles

some people maintain that cohabitation is replacing marriage in the US

bit theres little evidence to support such claims, instead in the US people break up or marry after a relatively short amount of time

according to Reiss's wheel theory of love, the wheel

can turn many times

These days a popular pathway to marraige in the US includes

cohabiting for about 1.5 years or so first

in western societies the single greatest attraction of marriage is

continuous intimate companionship with a loved one

According to research people are brought together by

cultural norms and values

according to sternberg, if a couple is perfectly matched they will be

equally passionate, intimate, and committed

before the IR most courships took place in private where the couple could spend a substantial amount of time alone

false

prenuptual agreements only cover the couples financial arrangements

false

according to recent research excluding mens ways of showing affection is the

feminization of love

Dating or marrying someone from a social, racial, ethnic, religious, or age group different from one's own is called

heterogamy

which of the following is an accurate statement concerning americans self reports of marital happiness

marital happiness decreases when couples experience poverty job loss and financial problems

Which of the following about marriage and children is true

marital satisfaction tends to decrease after the couple has children

his and her refers to the notion that

men and women can experience marriage differently

which of the following is an accurate statement concerning men women and intimacy

men and women may define intimacy differently

which of the following is an acurate statement about falling in love

men fall in love faster than faster than women

why might women in their middle years experience a marraige squeeze

men in their age are looking for much younger women

The _____ debate refers to the controversy over whether differences in the ways men and women behave reflect innate biologica differences or social and cultural expectations

nature-nurture

some researchers claim that married people are healthier than their unmarried counterparts because healthy people are attracted to other healthy people and are more desireable marriage partners, this phenomenon is called the _______

selection effect

chromosomes anatomy hormones and other physical and physiological attrivutes determine our

sex

If a father gives his son advice on how to play soccer and a mother tells her daughter that she is a good cook, the parents are engaging in

sex stereotypical encouragement

the awareness of ourselves as male or female and how we express our sexual values feelings and stuff is called our

sexual identity

which of the folliwing is not a myth about being single

singles u are usually lonely and miserable

Gender is based on

social and cultural experiences

Which of the following was a characteristic of the sexual revolution

the invention of the birth control pill separated sex and childbearing for women

from the biological perspective which of the following is the reason that lovers may feel high or as if they are being swept away

they are being flooded with natural amphetemines which cause feelings of elation and euphoria

according to happily married couples, emotional support is much more important than romantic love

true

by age 34 the majority of us adults have been married

true

love like friendship is a process that develops over time

true

marital stability and marital satisfaction tends to be higher for those with a college education or higher

true

the likelihood of marraige increases with educational attainment

true

the minimum age at which people marry

varies widely from one state to another

which of the following is true about gender roles

we learn to become male or female through interactions with family and the larger society


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