Lamanna Test Bank Love And Choosing A Life Partner Chapter 5

1. Almost percent of American adults said they believed in “one true love.”

a. 10 b. 25

c. 50 d. 75

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Research suggests several qualities to look for when choosing a spouse. Which of the following is NOT one of those qualities?
   1. a socially responsible, respectful, and emotionally supportive mate
   2. someone who demonstrates good communication and problem-solving skills
   3. a physically attractive, healthy person
   4. someone who is committed to the relationship and to the value of marriage itself

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: application

1. One of the things love isn’t is , which involves maintaining relationships by consistently minimizing

one’s own needs while trying to satisfy those of a partner.

• 1. martyring b. agapic

c. manipulation d. coercion

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Psychologist Robert Sternberg proposed a theory of love.
   1. square b. round

c. triangular d. quaternary

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the three components of psychologist Robert Sternberg’s theory of love?
   1. sexuality b. intimacy

c. passion d. commitment

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In Robert Sternberg’s typology, love is composed of all three dimensions of his theory.
   1. passionate b. committed

c. intimate d. consummate

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Of the components of consummate love, which is the quickest to develop and the quickest to fade?
   1. passion b. commitment

c. intimacy d. devotion

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Of the components of consummate love, which is the most gradual to develop?
   1. intimacy b. commitment

c. passion d. devotion

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Adults with a(n) attachment style are inclined to trust that their relationships will provide ongoing emotional support.
   1. insecure/anxious b. avoidant

c. ambivalent d. secure

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Adults with a(n) attachment style exhibit possible negative behaviors such as unwarranted jealousy or

attempts to control one’s partner due to “fear of abandonment.”

• 1. secure b. insecure/anxious

c. avoidant d. ambivalent

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Adults with a(n) attachment style shun or evade emotional closeness.
   1. avoidant b. insecure/anxious

c. secure d. ambivalent

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Consider this statement: “If I can get him/her to do what I want done, then I’ll be sure he/she loves me.” This

reflects

• 1. pragma. b. manipulation.

c. storge. d. passion.

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: application

1. John Alan Lee classified six
   1. love styles. b. types of sexual relationships.

c. forms of intimacy. d. patterns of cohabitation.

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. According to psychologist Beverly Smallwood, which of the following is NOT one of the most common love myths?
   1. The right person will meet all my needs.
   2. Individuals are not able to change who they really are.
   3. Love will conquer all.
   4. Love is a feeling.

REFERENCES: Mate Selection: The Process of Selecting a Committed Partner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

1. In much of the world, particularly in parts of Asia and Africa that are less Westernized, parents have traditionally

their children’s marriages.

• 1. arranged b. interfered in

c. paid for d. organized

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Today, in countries where arranged marriages used to be the norm, it is more common for the children to marry

only when they themselves accept their parents’ choice. Unions like these are called .

• 1. love marriages b. conceded marriages

c. reluctant marriages d. assisted marriages

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In terms of mate selection patterns, the United States is an example of what cross-cultural researchers call a

__________ culture.

• 1. nationalized marriage b. cross-national

c. collectivist d. free-choice

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Arranged marriage has been the tradition in societies, where decisions are made based on strong extended family ties.
   1. capitalist b. collectivist

c. primitive d. postindustrial

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: fact

1. With global westernization, are replacing arranged marriage as the preferred way to select mates throughout the world.
   1. non-traditional unions b. participant-run marriages

c. free choice marriages d. individual unions

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Typically in cultures, a wedding takes place only after a relationship has developed.
   1. arranged marriage b. fundamentalist religious

c. free-choice d. homogenous

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Boo-long is a member of Hmong culture and is about to marry. The Hmong practice the custom of a bride price. Which of the following is most likely to occur in preparation for the marriage?
   1. Boo­long will give the bride’s family a piece of property so that he can marry her.
   2. The bride’s family will give the bride a sum of money to take into her new marriage.
   3. A matchmaker will be used to determine the price required for a successful match.
   4. The bride’s parents will meet with Boo­long’s parents to arrange the marriage.

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: application

1. Sometimes the marriage exchange is accompanied by a dowry, a sum of money or property brought to the marriage by the __________.
   1. male b. parents of the groom

c. community members d. female

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The ideas of bargaining, market, and resources used to describe relationships such as marriage come to us from

___________ theory.

• 1. interactionist b. conflict

c. exchange d. functionalist

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Research has shown that individuals gradually filter, or sort out, those who they think would not make the best life partner; for instance, women place importance on potential financial success in a mate. This is an example of which concept?
   1. assortive mating b. stimulus-values-roles

c. complementary needs d. role compatibility

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Americans tend to marry people of similar race, age, education, religious background, and social class. This behavior reflects
   1. hypergamy. b. hypogamy.

c. homogamy. d. heterogamy.

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Desiring wives who can make good money, college-educated men are now much more likely than a few decades ago to marry college-educated women. This reflects increased homogamy.
   1. religious b. racial

c. ethnic d. educational

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: application

1. Propinquity is also known as
   1. racial similarity. b. geographic segregation.

c. a tendency toward ethnic diversity. d. geographic availability.

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. theory suggests that people tend to marry others whose social currency—social class, education, physical attractiveness—is similar to their own.
   1. Exchange b. Conflict

c. Interactionist d. Functionalist

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: application

1. Research over the past twenty years has consistently shown that marriages that are preceded by more than one instance of cohabitation are likely to end in separation or divorce than are marriages in which the spouses had not previously cohabited at all.
   1. more b. just as

c. no more d. less

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The hypothesis posits that cohabitating experiences themselves affect individuals so that, once married, they are more likely to divorce.
   1. selection b. dating

c. experience d. getting together

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Jane married a man with the same educational, religious and economic background as herself. Her marital behavior illustrates
   1. arranged marriage. b. homosexuality.

c. homogamy. d. heterogamy.

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: application

1. The hypothesis assumes that individuals who choose serial cohabitation are different from those who do not; these differences translate into higher divorce rates.
   1. cohabitation b. selection

c. serial d. previously existing condition

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Serial cohabitors are more likely to have all BUT which of the following factors, which are all related to divorce?
   1. low relative education
   2. low relative income
   3. mixed ethnicity
   4. less effective problem-solving and communication skills

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Research has found that cohabitors who marry after having a nonmarital birth experience marital relationship quality than do non-parent cohabitors who eventually marry.
   1. higher b. lower

c. about equal d. much higher

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Couples who “slide” from cohabiting into marrying, rather than making more deliberative decisions, are said to be
   1. choosing by default. b. lazy.

c. unconsciously married. d. sliders.

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. A research study discussed in your text compared the effects of cohabitation on marital stability in several countries and found that cohabiting had no negative effect on marital stability in countries such as , where cohabiting is more common than in the United States.
   1. Kenya b. Canada

c. Argentina d. Norway

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. refers to marriage between those who are different in race, age, education, religious background, or social class.
   1. Homogamy b. Hypergamy

c. Hypogamy d. Heterogamy

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. are the most likely of all ethnic/racial categories to intermarry.
   1. African Americans b. Hispanics

c. Asian Americans d. Arab Americans

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Suppose that a Puerto Rican marries a Cuban. The situation reflects
   1. homogamy. b. hypergamy.

c. interethnic marriage. d. arranged marriage.

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: application

1. In 1967, in the case of Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that
   1. interracial marriage must be considered legally valid in all states.
   2. interethnic marriage violates certain religious principles.
   3. states decide whether to allow heterogamous marriages.
   4. hypergamy is illegal.

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Which of the following is NOT an interethnic marriage?
   1. African American-non-Hispanic white b. African American-Black Caribbean

c. Thai-Chinese d. Puerto Rican-Cuban

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: application

1. Applying the hypothesis to black-white intermarriage would suggest marrying up socioeconomically on the part of a white person, who, in effect, trades socially defined superior racial status for the economically superior status of a middle- or upper-middle class black partner.
   1. null b. pool-of-eligibles

c. status exchange d. marriage

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: application

1. Sociologist Robert Davis believes that black men are inclined to see white women as
   1. “inferior.” b. “the prize.”

c. “selling out.” d. “gold diggers.”

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In general, social scientists find that the most stable marriages are those that are homogamous in
   1. family heritage. b. geographic propinquity.

c. parental background. d. age, education, religion and race.

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Despite its growing appeal among college students, has unfortunately been empirically linked to known risky behaviors such as alcohol abuse and engaging in sexual intercourse without using a condom.
   1. marital mindedness b. elopement

c. hooking up d. engagement

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Most couples meet for the first time in face-to-face encounters, but more couples today also meet through other means. Which ways were noted by your textbook?
   1. phone dating b. online

c. video-dating services d. mail order spouse

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Date rape is also known as rape.
   1. acquaintance b. conjugal

c. non-violent d. verbal

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. The text points out that is closely related to the concept of date rape.
   1. courtship b. sexual coercion

c. homogamy d. the principle of least interest

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the “rape myths” discussed in the text?
   1. The rape was somehow provoked by the victim.
   2. Men cannot control their sexual urges.
   3. Rapists are mentally ill.
   4. Statutory rape is not a crime.

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Social scientist Ira Reiss has proposed what he calls a “ theory” of love.
   1. triangular b. process

c. wheel d. sequential

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. According to the wheel of love theory, there are four stages in the development of love. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
   1. rapport b. erotic

c. self-revelation d. mutual dependency

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Robert Winch proposed the theory of , whereby people are attracted to partners whose needs complement their own.
   1. rating and dating b. complementary needs

c. assortive mating d. harmonious needs

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Research suggests that physical violence occurs in about percent of dating relationships. a. 5-10 b. 10-20

c. 20-40 d. 50-75

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Most dating violence consists of
   1. exchanges with fists. b. kicking and punching.

c. pushing, grabbing, or slapping. d. aggravated assault.

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Researchers have found it discouraging that about of abusive dating relationships continue rather than being broken off.
   1. one quarter b. a third

c. half d. three-fourths

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the early indicators that a dating partner is likely to become violent eventually?
   1. He/she handles ordinary disagreements with inappropriate anger or rage.
   2. He/she grew up in a divorced home.
   3. He/she is quick to criticize or to be verbally mean.
   4. He/she appears unduly jealous, restricting and controlling.

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: application

1. couples vacillate between commitment and ambivalence and often disagree on how committed they were as well as why they became committed in the first place.
   1. Stimulus-driven b. Role-driven

c. Event-driven d. Relationship-driven

REFERENCES: The Possibility of Breaking Up

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. According to the perspective, dating couples choose either to stay committed or to break up by weighing the rewards of their relationship against its costs.
   1. functionalist b. exchange

c. social conflict d. interactionist

REFERENCES: The Possibility of Breaking Up

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: application

1. Which of the following reasons is espoused by your textbook as a good reason for ending a relationship?
   1. If the relationship has become too much work and not enough play.
   2. When you start to feel uncomfortable with the level of commitment, or scared of increasing intimacy.
   3. If your partner is too different from you in terms of economic background.
   4. When the relationship is characterized by violence or consistent verbal abuse.

REFERENCES: The Possibility of Breaking Up

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Differences will arise in a satisfying long-term relationship because no two individuals .
   1. can tolerate commitment for long
   2. are compatible enough for more than a year or so
   3. can live together indefinitely
   4. have exactly the same points of view

REFERENCES: Nurturing Loving and Committed Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.06 - Discuss ways of nuturing committed relationships

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Relationships can more often be permanently satisfying, counselors advise, when spouses learn to care for the

other, not a “splendid image.”

• 1. “imaginary” b. “completed”

c. “unvarnished” d. “perfect”

REFERENCES: Nurturing Loving and Committed Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.06 - Discuss ways of nuturing committed relationships

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Less than 25 percent of American adults said they believe in “one true love.”
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Introduction

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Love is found, not discovered.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Love is exceedingly difficult to define.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The text points out that consummate love is the same as “good chemistry.”
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Love may be accurately characterized as excessive self-sacrifice.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. From a sociological perspective, the triangular theory of love is the only way of looking at love.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: application

1. Martyring is essentially equivalent to intimacy.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Many people in the world expect love to develop after marriage.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Marital stability is synonymous with marital happiness.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Children of divorce usually divorce themselves.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Everyone who enters the marriage market is equally available to everyone else.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: application

1. The fact that marriages are arranged implies that love is ignored by parents.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: concept

1. The United States is an example of what cross-cultural researchers call a free-choice culture.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

KEYWORDS: fact

1. In June of 1967 (Loving v. Virginia), the U.S. Supreme Court declared that interracial marriages must be considered legally valid in all states.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Physical attractiveness is especially important in the early stages of a relationship.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Although breaking up is hard to do any time, breakups can be a good thing in certain cases.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Many female victims blame themselves at least partially for date rape.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Research reveals that only men engage in physical aggression in male-female relationships.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Love involves : an interpersonal process that involves the expression and sharing of emotions, communication of personal feelings and information, development of shared affection, support, and feeling closely connected with another person.

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

1. refers to the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, sexual consummation, and the like in a loving relationship.

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

1. According to Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, love is complete love.

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.01 - Discuss the various ways of defining love.

1. Some immigrant parents arrange for a spouse from their home country to marry their offspring. This is one type of

__________ marriage.

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

1. The ideas of bargaining, market, and resources used to describe relationships such as marriage come to us from

__________ theory.

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

1. Americans tend to choose partners who are like themselves in many ways. This situation is called .

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. Individuals gradually filter out those among their pool of eligibles who, they think, would not make the best spouse that they could find. Social psychologists call this process .

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. Propinquity refers to availability.

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. The hypothesis posits that cohabiting experiences themselves affect individuals so that, once married, they are more likely to divorce.

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. The hypothesis assumes that individuals who choose serial cohabitation are different from those who do not; these differences translate into higher divorce rates.

REFERENCES: Assortative Mating: A Filtering Out Process

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. refers to marriage between those who are different in race, age, education, religious background, or social class.

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. When a person from Thailand marries a person from China, this is an example of marriage.

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. The hypothesis involves the argument that an individual might trade his or her socially defined superior racial/ethnic status for the economically or educationally superior status of a partner in a less-privileged racial/ethnic group.

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. The theory of involves the argument that we are attracted to partners whose needs complement our own.

REFERENCES: Meandering Toward Marriage: Developing the Relationship and Moving Toward Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

1. refers to being involved in a coercive sexual encounter with a date.

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood

1. What does attachment theory have to do with marital stability?

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

1. Discuss Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, including a description of the qualities that would produce a

consummate love.

REFERENCES: Love and Commitment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.02 - Describe different models for understanding love

1. Compare and contrast arranged marriage with “free­choice” marriage.

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

1. Analyze the similarities and differences between arranged marriages and modern “free choice” marriages with

respect to the bargaining process.

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

1. Briefly explain how exchange theory helps us to understand the “marriage market.”

REFERENCES: The Marriage Market

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.03 - Compare and contrast arranged and free-choice marriages

1. What is the difference between homogamy and heterogamy? Give an example to support your answer.

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. What impact does heterogamy have on marital stability and human values?

REFERENCES: Heterogamy in Relationships

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.04 - Define assortive mating and the process of finding a committed partner

1. What is “date rape?” Give an example of one of the rape myths.

REFERENCES: Dating Violence: A Serious Sign of Trouble

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.05.05 - Describe dating from early adolescence to adulthood