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HS210 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
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Financially - divorce hits ____ harder than _____ (her income drops by 24%, a man's by 6%)
Divorced and separated people have the highest rates of physical and mental illness in the
population
Divorced have higher rates of suicide
Yet still only 1 in 5 report that divorce was a mistake 5 years later despite underestimating the
emotional pain they would encounter
Also remarriages that survive are in fact just as satisfying and happy as first marriages that
survive - Answer✔women, men
the proportion of people who remain single into their late 20s and early 30s has _____ since
____ - Answer✔doubled, 1970
_________ is now the most common condition or lifestyle among people in their early 20s -
Answer✔Singlehood
20 to 24 year old unmarried, __% of men and __% of women compared to 1970, __% of men
and __% of women - Answer✔80,61
55,36
Early 1990s __% of people 18 years and older had never married, __% in 1980 and __% in 1970
- Answer✔25, 20, 16
Why is it more common for 20/30 year olds to be single now (4) - Answer✔Less stigma
associated with being single
More living together
educational and career goals becoming more important, particularly to women
higher divorce rate (slight effect)
adjustment of being single (5) - Answer✔Most singles are well-adjusted and content
Many do report being lonely at times
Some express concerns about a lack of a steady, meaningful relationship
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Women worry about physical safety
Sexuality is typically serial monogamy: always with someone
Most singles are _____-______ and ________ - Answer✔well-adjusted and content
Many single people report being ______ at time - Answer✔lonely
Some single people express concerns about a lack of a _____, ______relationship -
Answer✔steady, meaningful
Women worry about _____ safety more when they are single - Answer✔physical
serial monogamy - Answer✔always with someone
__% or more of adults have cohabited by age __ (2002) - Answer✔60, age 40
At any given point in time approximately __% or more adults are cohabiting (2012) -
Answer✔10
__% of cohabiters have never been married
__% of cohabiters are divorced
__% of cohabiters are under age 35 - and the greatest increase since 1980 is among people age
35 and above (__%) - Answer✔62, 29, 53, 47
cohabitation is about _ times higher for ______ ________and _______ couples than for ______
couples - Answer✔3, African american and white than asian
Willingness to cohabit has traditionally been related to more ____ attitudes toward ______
_______, ______traditional views of marriage and _____ traditional views of gender roles
(maybe changing) - Answer✔liberal, sexual behavior, less, less
Cohabiters have traditionally been less likely to attend _________ - Answer✔church regularly
Of the people who cohabitate __% never been married and __% have been divorced -
Answer✔62,29
Reasons for Cohabitation (2) - Answer✔-It provides a consistent relationship without the legal
entanglements of marriage (less commitment)
-Economic factors can play a role - "two can live as cheaply as one" "public assistance
termination" "marriage tax" "resistance from adult children to marriage"
About __% of cohabiting couples eventually marry - Answer✔40
_____cohabiting couple more likely to eventually marry than ____ couples - Answer✔white,
black
The majority of cohabiting couple do not marry and break up within _ years - Answer✔3
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Couple that do get married after living together have a _____ divorce rate ( _ times) than couples
who did not live together prior to marriage - Answer✔higher, 2x
More ______ people tend to cohabitate and are also more comfortable with divorce -
Answer✔liberal
______ is our most common lifestyle across all human societies - Answer✔marrriage
In the U.S. in 1960, __% of adults were married compared to only __% in 2010 - Answer✔72,
51
Median age of first marriage has risen and is now __._ for men and __._ for women -
Answer✔28.7, 26.5
Since 1960 there has been an increase of _ years of age for getting married - Answer✔6
Marriage in western culture has a ______ history. - Answer✔patriarchal (for the men)
Men arranged marriages for ____ and _______, often could take _____ ____ ____wife, usually
he alone could initiate a _____. - Answer✔sons and daughters, he could take more than one wife,
and could initiate divorce
_____ were considered part of the man's property and their purpose was to ____ and ______
children and to some extent keep the ______ in ______ - Answer✔wives, bear and raise,
household in order
adultery and rape were crimes against _____ not _____ - Answer✔property not people
_____ ______ and ________ (hold office, vote) along with the idea of ______ Fulfillment and
______Fulfillment are some of the most recent developments in women's role in society and
marriage - Answer✔Societal rights and responsibilities, career and sexual
Until relatively recently a woman went to college to get her ____ degree and if she didn't she
worked only briefly until she managed to get married and sexual fulfillment among women
meant having children - not pleasure (marriage manuals) - Answer✔mrs.(to become a wife)
Wife takes husband's last name
husband dominant, wife submissive
one income, husband's
husband initiates sex, wife complies
wife cares for children
husband's career decides where the family resides - Answer✔traditional marriages
Wife may hyphenate or keep maiden name
neither dominant or submissive
there may be two incomes, if only one it may be the woman
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either may initiate sex and either refuse
childrearing is shared
career of either may determine where they live - Answer✔modern marriages
People from the same ________ area and ____ ______ and ____/_______ background, ______
level, and ______ and _______. people that are _____to us and people that are similar to us in
general are who we usually marry.
(attitudes, height, weight, personality traits, IQ) - Answer✔geographical area and social class
and racial/ethnic background, educational level, and religion and age, attractive
why do we marry (8) - Answer✔Marriage meets personal and cultural needs
It legitimizes sexual relations and provides a legal sanction for relationships
It provides an institution in which children can be supported and socialized
It restricts sexual relations so men can assume that the children are theirs and women can assume
that their children will share the man's resources
Permits the orderly transmission of wealth from one family to another and from generation to
generation
Love as the basis for marriage is relatively new (19th century)- used to be economic
Desire for intimacy and companionship are central goals in modern marriage
Provides a sense of emotional and psychological security
Marriage meets _______ and _______ needs - Answer✔personal and cultural
Marriage legitimizes _____ relations and provides a ______ sanction for relationships, it also
provides an institution in which children can be ________ and ________. - Answer✔sexual,
legal, supported and socialized
Marriage ________ sexual relations so men can assume that the children are theirs and women
can assume that their children will share the man's_______. - Answer✔restricts, resources.
Marriage permits the orderly transmission of _____ from one family to another and from
generation to generation. - Answer✔wealth
_____ as the basis for marriage is relatively new (19th century)- used to be _______ -
Answer✔love, economic
Desire for ________ and________ are central goals in modern marriage - Answer✔intimacy and
companionship
Marriage provides a sense of ____ and _______ security - Answer✔emotional and psychological
The concept of "like" marrying "like" is called - Answer✔homogamy
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HS210 Exam 3 Questions And Answers
100% Verified And Updated.
Financially - divorce hits ____ harder than _____ (her income drops by 24%, a man's by 6%)
Divorced and separated people have the highest rates of physical and mental illness in the
population
Divorced have higher rates of suicide
Yet still only 1 in 5 report that divorce was a mistake 5 years later despite underestimating the
emotional pain they would encounter
Also remarriages that survive are in fact just as satisfying and happy as first marriages that
survive - Answer✔women, men
the proportion of people who remain single into their late 20s and early 30s has _____ since
____ - Answer✔doubled, 1970
_________ is now the most common condition or lifestyle among people in their early 20s -
Answer✔Singlehood
20 to 24 year old unmarried, __% of men and __% of women compared to 1970, __% of men
and __% of women - Answer✔80,61
55,36
Early 1990s __% of people 18 years and older had never married, __% in 1980 and __% in 1970
- Answer✔25, 20, 16
Why is it more common for 20/30 year olds to be single now (4) - Answer✔Less stigma
associated with being single
More living together
educational and career goals becoming more important, particularly to women
higher divorce rate (slight effect)
adjustment of being single (5) - Answer✔Most singles are well-adjusted and content
Many do report being lonely at times
Some express concerns about a lack of a steady, meaningful relationship
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Women worry about physical safety
Sexuality is typically serial monogamy: always with someone
Most singles are _____-______ and ________ - Answer✔well-adjusted and content
Many single people report being ______ at time - Answer✔lonely
Some single people express concerns about a lack of a _____, ______relationship -
Answer✔steady, meaningful
Women worry about _____ safety more when they are single - Answer✔physical
serial monogamy - Answer✔always with someone
__% or more of adults have cohabited by age __ (2002) - Answer✔60, age 40
At any given point in time approximately __% or more adults are cohabiting (2012) -
Answer✔10
__% of cohabiters have never been married
__% of cohabiters are divorced
__% of cohabiters are under age 35 - and the greatest increase since 1980 is among people age
35 and above (__%) - Answer✔62, 29, 53, 47
cohabitation is about _ times higher for ______ ________and _______ couples than for ______
couples - Answer✔3, African american and white than asian
Willingness to cohabit has traditionally been related to more ____ attitudes toward ______
_______, ______traditional views of marriage and _____ traditional views of gender roles
(maybe changing) - Answer✔liberal, sexual behavior, less, less
Cohabiters have traditionally been less likely to attend _________ - Answer✔church regularly
Of the people who cohabitate __% never been married and __% have been divorced -
Answer✔62,29
Reasons for Cohabitation (2) - Answer✔-It provides a consistent relationship without the legal
entanglements of marriage (less commitment)
-Economic factors can play a role - "two can live as cheaply as one" "public assistance
termination" "marriage tax" "resistance from adult children to marriage"
About __% of cohabiting couples eventually marry - Answer✔40
_____cohabiting couple more likely to eventually marry than ____ couples - Answer✔white,
black
The majority of cohabiting couple do not marry and break up within _ years - Answer✔3
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Couple that do get married after living together have a _____ divorce rate ( _ times) than couples
who did not live together prior to marriage - Answer✔higher, 2x
More ______ people tend to cohabitate and are also more comfortable with divorce -
Answer✔liberal
______ is our most common lifestyle across all human societies - Answer✔marrriage
In the U.S. in 1960, __% of adults were married compared to only __% in 2010 - Answer✔72,
51
Median age of first marriage has risen and is now __._ for men and __._ for women -
Answer✔28.7, 26.5
Since 1960 there has been an increase of _ years of age for getting married - Answer✔6
Marriage in western culture has a ______ history. - Answer✔patriarchal (for the men)
Men arranged marriages for ____ and _______, often could take _____ ____ ____wife, usually
he alone could initiate a _____. - Answer✔sons and daughters, he could take more than one wife,
and could initiate divorce
_____ were considered part of the man's property and their purpose was to ____ and ______
children and to some extent keep the ______ in ______ - Answer✔wives, bear and raise,
household in order
adultery and rape were crimes against _____ not _____ - Answer✔property not people
_____ ______ and ________ (hold office, vote) along with the idea of ______ Fulfillment and
______Fulfillment are some of the most recent developments in women's role in society and
marriage - Answer✔Societal rights and responsibilities, career and sexual
Until relatively recently a woman went to college to get her ____ degree and if she didn't she
worked only briefly until she managed to get married and sexual fulfillment among women
meant having children - not pleasure (marriage manuals) - Answer✔mrs.(to become a wife)
Wife takes husband's last name
husband dominant, wife submissive
one income, husband's
husband initiates sex, wife complies
wife cares for children
husband's career decides where the family resides - Answer✔traditional marriages
Wife may hyphenate or keep maiden name
neither dominant or submissive
there may be two incomes, if only one it may be the woman
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either may initiate sex and either refuse
childrearing is shared
career of either may determine where they live - Answer✔modern marriages
People from the same ________ area and ____ ______ and ____/_______ background, ______
level, and ______ and _______. people that are _____to us and people that are similar to us in
general are who we usually marry.
(attitudes, height, weight, personality traits, IQ) - Answer✔geographical area and social class
and racial/ethnic background, educational level, and religion and age, attractive
why do we marry (8) - Answer✔Marriage meets personal and cultural needs
It legitimizes sexual relations and provides a legal sanction for relationships
It provides an institution in which children can be supported and socialized
It restricts sexual relations so men can assume that the children are theirs and women can assume
that their children will share the man's resources
Permits the orderly transmission of wealth from one family to another and from generation to
generation
Love as the basis for marriage is relatively new (19th century)- used to be economic
Desire for intimacy and companionship are central goals in modern marriage
Provides a sense of emotional and psychological security
Marriage meets _______ and _______ needs - Answer✔personal and cultural
Marriage legitimizes _____ relations and provides a ______ sanction for relationships, it also
provides an institution in which children can be ________ and ________. - Answer✔sexual,
legal, supported and socialized
Marriage ________ sexual relations so men can assume that the children are theirs and women
can assume that their children will share the man's_______. - Answer✔restricts, resources.
Marriage permits the orderly transmission of _____ from one family to another and from
generation to generation. - Answer✔wealth
_____ as the basis for marriage is relatively new (19th century)- used to be _______ -
Answer✔love, economic
Desire for ________ and________ are central goals in modern marriage - Answer✔intimacy and
companionship
Marriage provides a sense of ____ and _______ security - Answer✔emotional and psychological
The concept of "like" marrying "like" is called - Answer✔homogamy
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