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1
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According to Stemberg’s triangular theory of live, the combination of intimacy and passion results in

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romantic love

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Those who are dissatisfied with ____ love often engage in extra-relational affairs to maintain the passion in

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companionate

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Lisa feels unworthy of love and needs approval from others. She fears that her boyfriend does not really love her. Her attachment style is

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anxious/ambivalent

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According to attachment theory

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all important love relationships are attachments

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The hookup culture is believed to

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make relationship building more difficult

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Unrequited love is most likely to be experienced by people with _____ attachment style

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secure

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Jealousy

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is a yardstick for measuring insecurity or possessiveness

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Managing jealousy requires which of the following

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the recognition by each partner of the feelings and motivation of the other

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Our commitment to a relationship will remain high as long as we

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judge the relationship to be successful

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Maddie is very jealous even though there is no reason to believe her boyfriend is unfaithful. Maddie is experiencing which type of jealousy.

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suspicious

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Kate decided to leave her husband because she believed she was putting much more into the relationship than she was getting out o fit. Kate’s decision to leave was affected by

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the balance of costs and benefits

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12
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Based on the feminization of love, we would expect that:

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men’s expressions of love would be undervalued

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Bridget is very attractive. Therefore, others assume she is also intelligent and kind. This phenomenon is referred to as:

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the halo effect

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14
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The largest group of singles in the United States are those who are

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never married

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The increase in the number of single adults in the United States is due to all EXCEPT which one of the following?

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more conservative sexual and social standards

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Contemporary relationships among the unmarried are characterized by which of the following?

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partners tend to be economically dependent on one another

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Ben wants to get married, but not yet. He is busy now with school and still likes to “have a good time.” Ben would be characterized as which type of single?

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voluntarily and temporarily unmarried

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18
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Between 1960 and 2008, rates of cohabitation in the United States

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rose steadily

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19
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Cohabitation is

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more likely among those with less education

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Linda and Bill are very committed to one another and live together, but have no intentions of marrying. They like their relationship the way it is. This illustrates what type of cohabitation?

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substitute for marriage

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Who is LEAST likely to expect cohabitation to lead to marriage?

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women who live with partners of low socioeconomic status

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22
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How does parenthood affect marriage?

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it leads to a deterioration of marital functioning

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23
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T/F Among unmarried adults in the United States, a majority have never been married

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True

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24
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The preferred marital arrangement world-wide is

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polygamy

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25
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Our marriage system in the U.S. may best be described as

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serial monogamy or modified polygamy

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26
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The family in which we grow up is known as the

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family of orientation

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27
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Families are?

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dynamic

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28
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Kate has not seen or heard from her mother since Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana town where there mother lived. She does not know for sure if her mother is dead or alive. Kate feels her mother’s psychological presence even though she is not physically with her. Pauline Boss uses the term ____ to describe what Kate is feeling.

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ambiguous loss

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29
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Exchange theory predicts that we will stay in an unhappy relationships when:

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the costs of leaving are greater than the reward of leaving and/or the costs of staying

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30
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Conflict theory has been criticized for:

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assuming that differences lead to conflict

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31
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A scientist wants to conduct research to determine which variable causes another variable. Which method should the scientist use?

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experimental

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32
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Mistaken beliefs that everyone has the same experiences and values as oneself and therefore should think the same way one does are called

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egocentric fallacies

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33
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In the hypothesis, “marital status influenced by race,” marital status is the

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dependent variable

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34
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The family over time has moved from being an economically productive unit to

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a consuming, service-oriented unit

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35
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In the contemporary family, ____ have had great impact on reshaping the meaning and experiences of sexuality and parenthood

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revolutions in contraception and biomedical technology

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36
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T/F Many researchers believe that both love and conflict are normal features of families

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true

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37
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T/F Compared with what came both before and after, families in the 1950’s were unusually stable

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true

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38
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Every time Tammy tells her husband Michael that she wants to talk about their marriage, Michael either leaves the room or changes the subject. This type of marital communication is referred to as

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demand-withdraw communication

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39
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Markham found that negativity or positivity of a couple’s communication pattern had little impact on their marital satisfaction during the first year due to

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honeymoon effect

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40
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The basic content of a message is expressed

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verbally

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41
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One of the problems with nonverbal communication is

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each person has a different “nonverbal language”

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42
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The term “sandwich generation” refers to

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parents who are caring for dependent children and elderly parents simultaneously

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43
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The transformation of passionate love is often experienced as a _____.

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crisis in the relationship

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44
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Perhaps the most important means of sustaining love is your _____. REF: p. 174

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words and actions

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45
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Love that is not returned. REF: p. 164

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Unrequited love

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46
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Infants who sense their mother’s detachment and rejection when they desire close bodily contact develop a(n) _____ attachment style. REF: p. 163

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avoidant

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47
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According to attachment theory, _____. REF: p. 162

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all important love relationships are attachments

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Reiss refers to the situation in which two people develop ways of acting and being that cannot be fulfilled alone as _____. REF: p. 155

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mutual dependency

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49
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Intimate love is based upon _____. REF: p. 172

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commitment, caring, and self-disclosure

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50
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Marriage between those with similar social or personal characteristics. REF: p. 144

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Homogamy

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51
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Marital commitments may last longer than those of unmarried couples because _____. REF: p. 154

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normative inputs tend to favor marriage

52
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A key component of intimate love is _____. REF: p. 174

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self-disclosure

53
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Companionate love consists of _____. REF: p. 160

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Commitment and intimacy

54
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Marriages built on principals of equity, equality, and “deep friendship” between spouses. REF: p.148

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Peer Marriage

55
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Which of the following takes the longest to develop in a relationship? REF: p. 170

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commitment

56
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The transformation of passionate love is often experienced as a crisis in a relationship. REF: p. 171

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True

57
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Diane and Jim are married to each other and live together with their two biological children. This group meets the definition of

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a nuclear family

58
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Ray and Debra are a middle-class couple with three children. Ray has a full-time job and supports the family financially. Debra
stays home and takes care of the children. Ray and Debra’s family meets the definition of
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a traditional family

59
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A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is

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polyandry

60
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Nassira lives in a tribe in Zambia in which men have multiple wives. This is called

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polygyny.

61
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According to Lasch, the family became a “haven in a heartless world” in response to

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Industrialization.

62
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Intimacy

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strongly influences physical and mental health.

63
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Economists have begun to reexamine the family as a

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productive unit.

64
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The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as

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socialization.

65
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Lisa and Jim have married and had a child together. This family they have created is, for Lisa and Jim, a

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family of procreation

66
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The status we are given in society is largely acquired through our

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families.

67
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The _____ system is the social organization of the family.

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kinship

68
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Sue is Kay’s mother-in-law. Their relationship is

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conjugal

69
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Mintz and Kellog suggest that _____ has been the norm in American family life from Colonial days to the present.

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change, not stability

70
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To study family patterns and issues, we need to understand that our attitudes and beliefs about families may affect and distort our efforts.

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True

71
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Emotional closeness may be more important than biology or law in defining family.

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true

72
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Consanguineous relationships include those of grandparents and grandchildren.

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true

73
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The ex-kin role has clearly defined rules in today’s society.

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false

74
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A group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together in a household is called?

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The definition of family used by the US Census Bureau

75
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“What you are saying is that you feel bad when you don’t acknowledge my feelings” is an example of _____. REF: p.204

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paraphrasing

76
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What activity prior to marriage will relate to marital satisfaction later? REF: p.186

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Self-disclosure

77
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A families patterned or characteristic response to events, situations, or persons (passing food at the table). REF: p. 182

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Hierarchy of Rules

78
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T/F? decision-making in the happiest marriages is based on power

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False

79
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Traditional male gender roles _____. REF: p.185

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inhibit communication

80
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The most common complaint of married partners is, “_____.” REF: p. 180

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We don’t communicate

81
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Principal of least interest…means?

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The person less interested in sustaining a relationship has the greater power. REF: p.199

82
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Most people have learned to handle anger by _____. REF: P. 202

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accepting it

83
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According to _____, the person gaining the most from the relationship is the one who is most dependent. REF: p.198

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relative love and need theory

84
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Our emotional states are expressed through our _____. REF: p. 181

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our bodies

85
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When power is achieved through the belief that the other has greater knowledge, it is called _____. REF: p.198

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expert power

86
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When power is achieved through the fear that one partner will punish the other, it is called _____. REF: p.198

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coercive power

87
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In communication, messages produce a result. REF: p.194

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Feedback

88
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Telling others that we like them for who they are is _____. REF: p.196

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mutual affirmation

89
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What type of research begins with a topical interest and perhaps some vague concepts?

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Inductive research

90
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Symbolic interaction theory examines?

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How people interact with each other

91
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Research method that is used in most marriage and family studies?

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The survey method.

92
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Equity is a key component of what theory?

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social exchange

93
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What is an example of a value judgement and what is the keyword that is frequently used?

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“Everyone SHOULD get married”

94
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What is an opinion based on?

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Our experiences and ways of thinking

95
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What is a bias?

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A strong opinion that may create barriers to hearing anything contrary to our opinion

96
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What is a stereotype?

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A set of overgeneralized beliefs about personal characteristics about a certain group of people

97
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What is the Conflict Theory?

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Sees society as divided, with everyone in competition with one another. Focuses on the inequalities of society and how they influence the family

98
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What was the colonial’s concept of children?

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That they were perceived to be evil by nature and a small adult

99
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What did the shift produce in the family in the 19th century?

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New division of labor; men became the sole provider and bread winner

100
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Marriages shifted to a focus in care and nurturing of children and

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Focusing on the emotional support and well-being of adults

101
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What two key factors did the African American family lack that gave white families more stability?

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Autonomy and economic importance

102
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How did gender roles change in the contemporary families?

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They were more equal, due to the distribution of power

103
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What is the feminization of power?

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Fact that has resulted from high rates of divorce, increasing numbers of unarried women with children, and women’s lack of economic resources

104
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Through gender, how do we identify ourselves?

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self concept, social expectation and social roles, multidimensional, and personal and political

105
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What are the two assumptions in the gender theory?

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  1. That male-female relationships are characterized by power issues
  2. That society is constructed in a way that males dominate females
106
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What does gender theory focus on?

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  1. How specific roles or behaviors are defined as male or female
  2. How labor is divided between man and woman in both the household and workplace
  3. How different institutions place advantages on men
107
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What are the three factors of gender development in adulthood?

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college, marriage and parenthood and the workplace

108
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androgynous?

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expressing a wide range of attitudes and behaviors with no gender role differentiation. androgyny is the combination of both culturally defined feminine and masculine traits in an individual.

109
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expressive traits?

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personality traits that encourage nurturing, emotionality, sensitivity, and warmth

110
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Hawthorne effect?

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the distortion of research results that occurs when people modify their behaviors, either deliberately or subconsciously, because they are aware they are being studied

111
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homogamy

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the attraction of people who are alike in terms of various social and demographic characteristics such as race, age, religious background, social class, and education

112
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marriage squeeze

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a condition in which one sex has a more limited pool of eligibles from which to choose than the other does. sociologists use the concept to describe the phenomenon of an excess of baby boom women who had reached marriageable age during the 1960s compared with marriage-aged men

113
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romantic love

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a deeply tender or highly intense set of feelings, emotions, and thoughts coupled with sexual passion and erotic expression directed by one person toward another.

114
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rapport?

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feeling at ease or relaxed with one another (Reiss, wtl)

115
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self-revelation

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disclosure of personal and intimate feelings (reiss, wtl)

116
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processes of Reiss’s Wheel Theory of Love?

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  1. rapport
  2. self-revelation
  3. mutual dependence
  4. need fulfillment
117
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binuclear family

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children whose parents separate and divorce

118
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Centrists are those that

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share aspects of both conservative and liberal positions.

119
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objectivity

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to suspend the beliefs, biases, or prejudices we have about a subject until we understand what is being said.

120
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Anonymity

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no one, including the researcher, can connect particular responses to the individuals who provided them

121
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stalking

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obsessive rational intrusion

122
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triangle theory of love

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love is composed of intimacy, passion, and decision or commitment.

123
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prototypes

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models of what we mean by love

124
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co-rumination

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excessive disclosure or sharing of personal problems; focusing on negative feelings

125
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Intimacy?

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closeness between 2 people

126
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When it comes to gender differences, our culture has taught us to

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Exaggerate their degree and significance

127
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Normative inputs

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The values that you and your partner hold about love, relationships, marriage, and family.

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