Module 4 Flashcards
A good marriage acts as a _______________ against mental health problems such as alienation, loneliness, unhappiness, and depression.
Buffer.
The role interactions that occur in marriage become more complicated when:
Children enter the picture.
The belief that older people are not interested in sex is:
A myth.
One of the things that married couples can do to maintain a fulfilling sex life is to:
Start dating one another again.
Married men have longer life expectancies than:
Single men.
Stanley Graham, in his presidential address to the American Psychological Association’s 99th Annual Convention, argued that the emancipation of women was paralleled by:
The abandoning of responsibility by men.
Inhibited sexual desire is:
A pervasive disinterest in sex.
It appears that human females are the only females capable of experiencing:
Intense orgasmic responses.
One important sexual differences between men and women is that women have to learn how to:
Reach orgasm.
Married women appear to have a lower risk of domestic violence than:
Single women.
Critics of the sexual addiction thesis point out that sex is the only addiction in which the addict does not:
Give up the abusing behavior.
Sexual behavior is regulated in:
All human societies.
Successful marriages exhibit all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
- Relative agreement on important issues
- Constant passion
- Positive partner interaction
- Team work
Constant passion.
Ben’s parents are divorced. The odds of Ben being divorced as an adult are:
Twice as likely.
Marital disruption is considerably higher among families that are:
In economic trouble.
The current term for society’s sanctioned arrangement for sexual relations is:
Marriage.
All of the following tasks are associated with the transition to married life EXCEPT:
- Shifting from self-centeredness to other-centeredness.
- Developing new relationships with parents.
- Learning to do leisure activities on the spur of the moment.
- Living within a prescribed budget.
Learning to do leisure activities on the spur of the moment.
If marital success is defined as happiness only, no marriage could be successful because:
No family is happy all of the time.
Human sexuality is based on:
Learning.
In order to build a successful marriage, couples must learn to balance:
Togetherness and autonomy.
