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Chapter 6: Diversity in Marriage Relationships

Multiple Choice

1. What does American culture consider as a prerequisite for marriage?

a. cohabitation

b. parental approval

c. love

d. prenuptial agreement

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Love

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Couples in the U.S. typically commit to marry because they anticipate ______ from the relationship.

a. personal fulfillment

b. social advantages

c. children

d. legal advantages

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Personal Fulfillment

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. What is an economic advantage of modern marriage?

a. additional labor source

b. freedom from state taxes

c. extended family network

d. higher household income

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Economic Security

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. From the state’s perspective, marriage is regulated to ______.

a. generate additional revenue

b. protect children

c. restrict prenuptial agreements

d. regulate adult sexual activity

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Societal Functions of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Which situation most reflects an egalitarian marriage?

a. Adam works full time, while Darcy homeschools their two children.

b. Liam works nights and Lissa works days so they can avoid putting the baby in daycare.

c. Uri handles the big decisions, while Anna is in charge of the home front.

d. Shari hates packing up and moving every time her husband gets transferred.

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Societal Functions of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Saying that you are committed to your marriage means that you ______.

a. love your partner

b. are fully satisfied

c. are emotionally stagnant

d. intend to maintain it

Learning Objective: 6.2: Review how marriage is a commitment to one’s partner, family, and state.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Person-to-Person Commitment

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. What role does the state play in marital commitment?

a. States determine who we are allowed to love.

b. States regulate to whom and when marriage can legally occur.

c. States control legal sexual activity between adults.

d. States play no role in marital commitment.

Learning Objective: 6.2: Review how marriage is a commitment to one’s partner, family, and state.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Couple-to-State Commitment

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Lily and Anup have been married for about a year but have recently decided to divorce. Who has legal authority over the termination of their marital agreement?

a. the marital partners

b. their marriage officiant

c. the federal government

d. their state of residence

Learning Objective: 6.2: Review how marriage is a commitment to one’s partner, family, and state.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Couple-to-State Commitment

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. What occurs when you undergo a rite of passage?

a. your legal status changes

b. your social status changes

c. you become an adult

d. you make a commitment to someone

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marriage as a Rite of Passage

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. In most states, the legal age of marriage is ______ years or older.

a. 15

b. 17

c. 18

d. 21

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Weddings

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. The vast majority of couples in the United States are married by a(n) ______.

a. member of the clergy

b. justice of the peace

c. judge or magistrate

d. internet-certified officiant

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Weddings

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. According to the text, what does the “something old” signal in a wedding, such as a bride wearing her mother’s veil?

a. the relationship with her parents

b. the thriftiness of the bride

c. the durability of the new marriage

d. the happiness of her new life

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Weddings

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. What social change occurs during a couple’s honeymoon?

a. Their identity solidifies as a married couple.

b. Their status rises in their community and at work.

c. They relinquish ties to their parents.

d. They recuperate from their wedding ceremony.

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Honeymoons

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. What is a legally mandated change that occurs after marriage?

a. The couple achieves a new identity.

b. Marital partners spend more time together than with friends.

c. Spouses become part owner of the other's earned income and property.

d. Women begin using a new surname.

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Legal Changes

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Why have heterosexual women traditionally taken the last name of their husbands upon marriage?

a. to conform with the historic notion that women are men’s property

b. to signal a separation from the parental home

c. to emphasize their improved social status

d. to erase their previous identity

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Name Change for Female

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. Brady and Brett have been together for 15 years, and married for five. Brady is disappointed that most days, he no longer feels anticipation and newness in their relationship. Brady seems to be experiencing ______.

a. commitment

b. affection

c. companionship

d. disenchantment

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Relationship Changes

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. What change is seldom experienced by a couple after they marry?

a. loss of freedom

b. less responsibility

c. shift in power dynamics

d. less alone time

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Relationship Changes

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Within a heterosexual relationship, what power shift typically occurs after marriage?

a. Men gain power, women lose power.

b. Men and women lose power equally.

c. Men lose power, women gain power.

d. Men and women gain power equally.

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Relationship Changes

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. What life change most affects one’s relationship with their partner’s parents?

a. cohabitation

b. having a child

c. getting married

d. taking a new job

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Parents and In-Law Changes

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. How do some researchers explain the stereotypical view of African American families as low income, high birthrate, one-parent families with absentee fathers?

a. African American family variations are viewed as deviations from white family norms.

b. There is a lack of quality scientific research on African American family patterns.

c. Researchers rely on decades-old data in assessing African American families.

d. There are no African American social scientists who are studying family patterns.

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: African American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. What is an important factor to consider when studying the unique structures of African American families?

a. Their family style is a traditional cultural pattern brought to the U.S. by slaves and other black immigrants.

b. They have a more empowering and egalitarian culture.

c. They are the only group that came to the U.S. involuntarily and experienced long-term and severe inhumane treatment.

d. They typically have a defense mechanism against ongoing majority group oppression.

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: African American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. The importance of social community to African American families developed from ______.

a. the oppression of slavery

b. the role models of White Europeans

c. traditional family forms

d. the fervor of religious converts

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: African American Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. One factor in the high number of African American single households is the ______.

a. low average lifespan of Black women and men

b. high number of Black women with a family member in prison

c. low marriage rate of Black women compared to Black men

d. high number of unemployed Black men

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: African American Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. According to Dixon, the prominence of ______ is a key factor in the structure of African American families.

a. children

b. grandparents

c. fatherhood

d. motherhood

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: African American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. How does the presence of a father figure impact African American adolescents, according to Langley's research?

a. higher high school graduation rates

b. higher self-esteem

c. lower rates of early sexual activity

d. lower rates of gang activity

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: African American Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Within the United States, the fastest growing minority population are ______.

a. Hispanics

b. African Americans

c. Native Americans

d. Asian Americans

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Hispanic and Latinx American Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. The largest group of those labeled Hispanic/Latinx in the United States have familial origins in ______.

a. the Caribbean

b. South America

c. Mexico

d. Europe

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Hispanic and Latinx American Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. What factors would researchers use to describe the “typical” Hispanic family?

a. couple centric and child power

b. child centric and family power

c. father centric and female power

d. mother centric and male power

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Hispanic and Latinx American Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Within most Asian families, the family structure can be described as ______.

a. hierarchal and male-dominated

b. hierarchal and female-dominated

c. bottom-up and child-centered

d. egalitarian

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Asian American Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. As a young adult, you believe it is important to show respect to your parents and to care for them in their old age, much as your own parents do for your grandparents. You were raised to value ______.

a. family hierarchy

b. filial piety

c. fictive kinship

d. traditional gender roles

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Asian American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. What is the most frequent stress that university students from immigrant families face?

a. cultural conflict

b. financial stress

c. ethnic discrimination

d. family disengagement

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Immigrant Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. Children raised in poly families benefit from ______.

a. restricted sexuality

b. teenagers' leverage

c. shared resources

d. social approval

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Benefits of Poly Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. In a traditional military marriage, the career and family needs of the non-deployed spouse are ______.

a. filled by the government

b. critical considerations in deployment

c. the top priority

d. often unfulfilled

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Military Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Which racial/ethnic group is least likely to marry outside their race?

a. Asian

b. Hispanic

c. Black

d. White

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Interracial Marriages

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Which theory of mate selection suggests that there are evolutionary benefits of age-dissimilar marriages?

a. attachment theory

b. sociobiological theory

c. role theory

d. complementary-needs theory

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Age-Discrepant Relationships and Marriages

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. The practice of child marriage is a type of ______.

a. filial piety

b. gender equality

c. family violence

d. age-similar marriage

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Forced Marriages

Difficulty Level: Medium

37. What two qualities are often used by researchers to determine marital success?

a. equalitarianism and freedom

b. stability and happiness

c. socioeconomic status and lifestyle

d. commitment and permanence

Learning Objective: 6.6: Discuss the characteristics of successful marriages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Definition and Characteristics of Successful Marriages

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. Couples who report high marital satisfaction are most likely to have marriages that include which lifestyle factor?

a. common interests

b. many possessions

c. traditional relationships

d. frequent time apart

Learning Objective: 6.6: Discuss the characteristics of successful marriages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Definition and Characteristics of Successful Marriages

Difficulty Level: Easy

39. During the span of a lengthy marriage, what period is associated with the lowest level of personal well-being and happiness for the couple?

a. honeymoon

b. first two years of marriage

c. adolescent children in home

d. old age

Learning Objective: 6.6: Discuss the characteristics of successful marriages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marital Happiness across Time

Difficulty Level: Easy

40. Marriages within the near future are expected to become more ______.

a. traditional

b. unstable

c. diverse

d. collectivist

Learning Objective: 6.7: Review the prediction for the future of marriage relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Future of Marriage Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Companionship is a primary goal of marriage in the United States.

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Companionship

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. The husband’s career determines the family residence in an egalitarian marriage.

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Societal Functions of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Marriage means demonstrating commitment to the couple's extended kin.

Learning Objective: 6.2: Review how marriage is a commitment to one’s partner, family, and state.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family-to-Family Commitment

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Two people make a legal commitment to each other and any subsequent children when they marry.

Learning Objective: 6.2: Review how marriage is a commitment to one’s partner, family, and state.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Couple-to-State Commitment

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Organizing a bachelorette party for your best friend is a rite of passage.

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marriage as a Rite of Passage

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. In the U.S., the average cost for a first wedding is over $30,000.

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Weddings

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Men may legally take their wife's last name in almost every state.

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Name Change for Female

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Couples report that the most satisfying sexual context is experienced by married couples.

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Relationship Changes

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Individuality and independence are important values within most Hispanic families.

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Hispanic and Latinx American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Lower incomes are associated with higher rates of divorce.

Learning Objective: 6.6: Discuss the characteristics of successful marriages.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Definition and Characteristics of Successful Marriages

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Is the institution of marriage important in modern society? Why? Provide examples to support your argument.

Learning Objective: 6.1: Discuss the individual motivations for and societal functions of marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Societal Functions of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. How does marriage function as a rite of passage? Describe all the rituals you might observe at a typical wedding.

Learning Objective: 6.3: Identify how weddings and honeymoons are rites of passage.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Marriage as a Rite of Passage | Weddings

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Discuss the reasons for and against women changing their last name when they marry. What social message is sent by men (in the U.S.) who choose to change their last name after marriage?

Learning Objective: 6.4: Understand the changes that occur after a marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Name Change for Female

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Compare two types of families discussed in the text in terms of family structures.

Learning Objective: 6.5: Review the vast array of marriage types.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Diversity in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. How would you define a successful marriage? What specific qualities characterize such a marriage, in your view? What single quality is most important?

Learning Objective: 6.6: Discuss the characteristics of successful marriages.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Definition and Characteristics of Successful Marriages

Difficulty Level: Hard