FLHD 2400 Midterm Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
what made people struggle with finding love? - ✔✔couldn't meet basic physiological
needs first like food
need physiological needs and safety met before love
spouses were originally seen as... - ✔✔workmates
children were seen as assets
how many children did women have before BC? - ✔✔~10, only 7 survived past one
year
what historical event in the late 1700s and early 1800s happened to make people more
likely to marry for love? - ✔✔industrial revolution
how did men and women rank marrying for love in the 1930s? - ✔✔women #3
men #7
still not the number one priority for marriage (love)
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,what happened in the 1960s that altered the way couples feel about marriage and
family? - ✔✔birth control and contraceptives
marriage trends over the last 30 years - ✔✔going down, fewer people are getting
married
BUT Utah has the highest marriage rate
divorce rates over the last 30 years - ✔✔staying the same, slightly downward
peaked in the late 1980s
childbearing/fertility trends - ✔✔fewer children
later marriage, divorce, pursuing education or career
cohabitation trends - ✔✔becoming more common since the early 1990s
main benefits of marriage - ✔✔happier, healthier, wealthier
two sets of beliefs a child learns from interacting with their parents - ✔✔will others be
there when I need them?
am I worthy of love?
secure attachment style: what does the parent do? - ✔✔responds appropriately,
promptly and consistently to child's needs
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, securely attached individuals are... - ✔✔OK with closeness, trust partners with distance,
not fearful of being abandoned by loved ones, easy to get close to others
securely attached individuals grow up to be... - ✔✔regulate their own emotions, more
empathetic, more self-control, more cooperative with other children, less aggressive,
less depression
insecure avoidant attachment style: what does the parent do? - ✔✔little to no response
to child in distress, discourages crying, encourages independence, children think no one
will be there for them
insecure avoidant individuals are... - ✔✔uncomfortable with too much closeness, hard
time asking for emotional needs to be met, more private, hard time opening up or
asking for help, may prefer partner that does not demand much from them
insecure anxious attachment style: what do the parents do? - ✔✔inconsistent between
appropriate and neglectful responses to child, child can't count on them because they're
not always there when they need them
insecure anxious individuals are... - ✔✔feel insecure in relationships, constant fear that
their partner doesn't love them, worries about being abandoned or rejected, clingy,
frustrated over lack of closeness, seeks love while simultaneously rebuffing it, seek high
levels of intimacy, responsiveness, and approval from partner
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and Answers 100% Pass
what made people struggle with finding love? - ✔✔couldn't meet basic physiological
needs first like food
need physiological needs and safety met before love
spouses were originally seen as... - ✔✔workmates
children were seen as assets
how many children did women have before BC? - ✔✔~10, only 7 survived past one
year
what historical event in the late 1700s and early 1800s happened to make people more
likely to marry for love? - ✔✔industrial revolution
how did men and women rank marrying for love in the 1930s? - ✔✔women #3
men #7
still not the number one priority for marriage (love)
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,what happened in the 1960s that altered the way couples feel about marriage and
family? - ✔✔birth control and contraceptives
marriage trends over the last 30 years - ✔✔going down, fewer people are getting
married
BUT Utah has the highest marriage rate
divorce rates over the last 30 years - ✔✔staying the same, slightly downward
peaked in the late 1980s
childbearing/fertility trends - ✔✔fewer children
later marriage, divorce, pursuing education or career
cohabitation trends - ✔✔becoming more common since the early 1990s
main benefits of marriage - ✔✔happier, healthier, wealthier
two sets of beliefs a child learns from interacting with their parents - ✔✔will others be
there when I need them?
am I worthy of love?
secure attachment style: what does the parent do? - ✔✔responds appropriately,
promptly and consistently to child's needs
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, securely attached individuals are... - ✔✔OK with closeness, trust partners with distance,
not fearful of being abandoned by loved ones, easy to get close to others
securely attached individuals grow up to be... - ✔✔regulate their own emotions, more
empathetic, more self-control, more cooperative with other children, less aggressive,
less depression
insecure avoidant attachment style: what does the parent do? - ✔✔little to no response
to child in distress, discourages crying, encourages independence, children think no one
will be there for them
insecure avoidant individuals are... - ✔✔uncomfortable with too much closeness, hard
time asking for emotional needs to be met, more private, hard time opening up or
asking for help, may prefer partner that does not demand much from them
insecure anxious attachment style: what do the parents do? - ✔✔inconsistent between
appropriate and neglectful responses to child, child can't count on them because they're
not always there when they need them
insecure anxious individuals are... - ✔✔feel insecure in relationships, constant fear that
their partner doesn't love them, worries about being abandoned or rejected, clingy,
frustrated over lack of closeness, seeks love while simultaneously rebuffing it, seek high
levels of intimacy, responsiveness, and approval from partner
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