Marriage + Committed Relationships (CH.10)

Question 1

T or F: Marriage rates in U.S are increasing

Answer 1

False! They’re declining

Question 2

T or F: College educated have higher marriage rates than those w/ lower education

Answer 2

True!

Question 3

What are some reasons that there’s a decline in marriage?

Answer 3

Recessions (not enough $)
Cohabitation + nonmarital births are now more accepted

Question 4

Prenuptial Agreement:

Answer 4

Legal agreement about children, division of property, etc. if they divorce later

Question 5

Conflict-habituated marriages

Answer 5

Argue a lot, usually over small issues. They think this is normal

Question 6

Devialized

Answer 6

Used to be deeply in love but no longer

Question 7

Passive-Congenial

Answer 7

More focused on practical aspects of marriage than on marital/romantic parts

Question 8

Vital

Answer 8

Spend lots of time together, have arguments over quickly, and have their own separate friends too

Question 9

Total (type of heterosexual marriage)

Answer 9

Spend almost all their time together, they don’t have those separate friends

Question 10

Who is more likely to marry: Lesbians or Gay men?

Answer 10

Lesbians

Question 11

T or F: Those in heterosexual marriages are more satisfied than those in homosexual marriages

Answer 11

False! Same-sex marriages are more satisfied!

Question 12

T or F: Women are less happily married than men

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What are some factors that lead to successful marriages?

Answer 13

Compatibility, flexible, positive attitudes, communication

Question 14

Who’s healthiest in a marrige, men or women?

Answer 14

Men! (women hold them more accountable)

Question 15

T or F: In early years of marriage relationship satisfaction goes down

Answer 15

True! This is when the honeymoon phase ends, children start to appear, etc.

Question 15

Common problems in communication

Answer 15

Scapegoating (blaming someone else for our problem), Repression (hold feelings in), Denial (spin problems into something “positive”), Contempt (looking down on partner), Silent Treatment

Question 16

Boomerang Generation

Answer 16

Young adults moving back into home after living away

Question 17

Common areas of conflict in marriage

Answer 17

Money, housework, infidelity, children, internet/social media

Question 18

T or F: Stronger marriages have a 5:1 ratio (5 positive interactions for every 1 negative)

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What are convent marriages?

Answer 19

An optional marriage process. Essentially just makes it harder to divorce, only in 3 states