Lifespan Final Exam – Comprehensive Review &
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A very important factor in whether a B. The availability of alternative relationships
friendship ultimately ends is ____
a. whether the initial attraction was
based on proximity
b. the availability of alternative
relationships
c. the quality of communication
between partners
d. how well the partners got to know
each other
During which period of life do B. Young adulthood
people have the most friendships?
a. Middle age
b. Young adulthood
c. Golden years
d. Late adulthood
,Which dimension of friendship is C. Affective
most important to women?
a. Sociability
b. Communal
c. Affective
d. Compatibility
According to Sternberg, love is C. Passion, intimacy, and commitment
composed of ________ .
a. infatuation, intimacy, and passion
b. commitment, knowledge, and
desire
c. passion, intimacy, and commitment
d. intimacy, commitment, and
friendship
What term best reflects a situation in B. Battered woman syndrome
which a woman believes she cannot
leave an abusive relationship and
may end up killing her abuser?
a. Matriarchal terrorism
b. Battered woman syndrome
c. Patriarchal terrorism
d. Self-worth overdependency
,Longitudinal research shows which B. Few behavioral differences have been reported
results in comparisons of the among partners in 1, 2, and 3
following types of couples?
(1) married without cohabiting
(2) cohabited and then married
(3) simply cohabited
a. (3) more than (1) or (2) results in
lower-quality parent-child
relationships overall.
b. Few behavioral differences have
been reported among partners in (1),
(2), and (3).
c. (2) more than (1) or (3) results in
lower-quality parent-adult child
relationships.
d. (1) results in higher satisfaction
with partners than (2) or (3) earlier in
the relationship.
Marital satisfaction tends to be D. When a couple has adolescent children
lowest ________ .
a. when one member of the couple
retires
b. at the birth of a couple's first child
c. when children begin to leave
home
d. when a couple has adolescent
children
, The extended family consists of C. parents, grandparents, and other family relatives
________ living together.
a. parents, biological children, and
adopted- or step-children
b. parents and their biological
children
c. parents, grandparents, and other
family relatives
d. different family constellations
depending upon the family's
ethnicity
Results of Gottman and Levenson's A. negative emotions expressed during conflict;
divorce study showed that ________ lack of positive emotions
predicts early divorce and that ________
predicts later divorce.
a. negative emotions expressed
during conflict; lack of positive
emotions
b. European-American men and
African-American wives with fewer
destructive behaviors; intense
marital conflict
c. the absence of positive emotions
in couples; high levels of criticism
d. European-American husbands
with inconsistent conflict behaviors;
lack of intense conflict
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Terms in this set (106)
A very important factor in whether a B. The availability of alternative relationships
friendship ultimately ends is ____
a. whether the initial attraction was
based on proximity
b. the availability of alternative
relationships
c. the quality of communication
between partners
d. how well the partners got to know
each other
During which period of life do B. Young adulthood
people have the most friendships?
a. Middle age
b. Young adulthood
c. Golden years
d. Late adulthood
,Which dimension of friendship is C. Affective
most important to women?
a. Sociability
b. Communal
c. Affective
d. Compatibility
According to Sternberg, love is C. Passion, intimacy, and commitment
composed of ________ .
a. infatuation, intimacy, and passion
b. commitment, knowledge, and
desire
c. passion, intimacy, and commitment
d. intimacy, commitment, and
friendship
What term best reflects a situation in B. Battered woman syndrome
which a woman believes she cannot
leave an abusive relationship and
may end up killing her abuser?
a. Matriarchal terrorism
b. Battered woman syndrome
c. Patriarchal terrorism
d. Self-worth overdependency
,Longitudinal research shows which B. Few behavioral differences have been reported
results in comparisons of the among partners in 1, 2, and 3
following types of couples?
(1) married without cohabiting
(2) cohabited and then married
(3) simply cohabited
a. (3) more than (1) or (2) results in
lower-quality parent-child
relationships overall.
b. Few behavioral differences have
been reported among partners in (1),
(2), and (3).
c. (2) more than (1) or (3) results in
lower-quality parent-adult child
relationships.
d. (1) results in higher satisfaction
with partners than (2) or (3) earlier in
the relationship.
Marital satisfaction tends to be D. When a couple has adolescent children
lowest ________ .
a. when one member of the couple
retires
b. at the birth of a couple's first child
c. when children begin to leave
home
d. when a couple has adolescent
children
, The extended family consists of C. parents, grandparents, and other family relatives
________ living together.
a. parents, biological children, and
adopted- or step-children
b. parents and their biological
children
c. parents, grandparents, and other
family relatives
d. different family constellations
depending upon the family's
ethnicity
Results of Gottman and Levenson's A. negative emotions expressed during conflict;
divorce study showed that ________ lack of positive emotions
predicts early divorce and that ________
predicts later divorce.
a. negative emotions expressed
during conflict; lack of positive
emotions
b. European-American men and
African-American wives with fewer
destructive behaviors; intense
marital conflict
c. the absence of positive emotions
in couples; high levels of criticism
d. European-American husbands
with inconsistent conflict behaviors;
lack of intense conflict
