FAML 160 Exam 1 (Actual Exams 2025) | All Questions
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According to the National Marriage Project 2004, identify a true statement about
sex life and marital satisfaction. - (ANSWER)Married sex is more satisfying both
emotionally and physically than is sex between the unmarried.
A Pew Research Center (2006b) survey reported that family continues to be the
greatest source of satisfaction in people's lives. About ________ of the
respondents said that they speak on an average day with a family member who
doesn't live in their house. - (ANSWER)73 percent
Love: - (ANSWER)can be the outgrowth of a good marriage.
According to Dush and Amato (2005) and Soons and Liefbroer (2008), the highest
level of well-being occurs in those who _______ - (ANSWER)are married
Glenn (1987, 1992) analyzed national polls taken between 1969 and 1986 and
found a number of ways in which Americans were moving away from the
traditional ideal, including having: - (ANSWER)less emphasis on marital
permanence as an ideal.
According to Nye (1988), which of the following statements is true about
exchange theory? - (ANSWER)It asserts that all individuals attempt to keep their
costs lower than their rewards in interaction
,Identify a similarity between groups of people who form a "social class." -
(ANSWER)occupational prestige
education
levels of income
Correct! All of these answers are correct.
In a national survey of the values of 14- to 29-year-olds, which of the following
received high ratings of "top importance"? - (ANSWER)having a lifelong partner
and getting married
The family into which people are born is known as their family of: -
(ANSWER)Orgin
According to Levinger, marriages that last but do not bring satisfaction are known
as: - (ANSWER)empty-shell marriages.
_______ means people have less interpersonal interaction than they desire. -
(ANSWER)Social loneliness
Census Bureau figures show that the proportion of married women who are
employed increased from 23.8 percent in 1950 to 56.4 percent in 2014 (Bureau of
Labor Statistics 2015). The most dramatic increase occurred among: -
(ANSWER)women who had children under 6 years of age.
, A recent national survey reported that ________ percent of all high-school
teenagers have sexual intercourse at least once. - (ANSWER)47
The American value that emphasizes personal achievement is called: -
(ANSWER)utilitarian individualism.
As applied to intimate relationships, ________ asserts that the intimate group
must be analyzed as a whole; the group has boundaries that distinguish it from
other groups. - (ANSWER)systems theory
Expressive individualism has been particularly strong for the past few decades,
buttressed by ________ that has urged people to search for self-fulfillment above
all. - (ANSWER)a humanistic psychology
According to the U.S. Census Bureau 1988 and Hamilton et al. 2015, who among
the following has the lowest rate of nonmarital births? - (ANSWER)Asian mothers
By 2014, the average household contained ________ people. - (ANSWER)2.54
Which of the following is best described as things that are preferred because
people define them as worthy and desirable? - (ANSWER)values
The term "nuclear family" refers to: - (ANSWER)a household that comprises a
husband, a wife, and a single child.
and Correct Answers | Latest Versions | Just Released
According to the National Marriage Project 2004, identify a true statement about
sex life and marital satisfaction. - (ANSWER)Married sex is more satisfying both
emotionally and physically than is sex between the unmarried.
A Pew Research Center (2006b) survey reported that family continues to be the
greatest source of satisfaction in people's lives. About ________ of the
respondents said that they speak on an average day with a family member who
doesn't live in their house. - (ANSWER)73 percent
Love: - (ANSWER)can be the outgrowth of a good marriage.
According to Dush and Amato (2005) and Soons and Liefbroer (2008), the highest
level of well-being occurs in those who _______ - (ANSWER)are married
Glenn (1987, 1992) analyzed national polls taken between 1969 and 1986 and
found a number of ways in which Americans were moving away from the
traditional ideal, including having: - (ANSWER)less emphasis on marital
permanence as an ideal.
According to Nye (1988), which of the following statements is true about
exchange theory? - (ANSWER)It asserts that all individuals attempt to keep their
costs lower than their rewards in interaction
,Identify a similarity between groups of people who form a "social class." -
(ANSWER)occupational prestige
education
levels of income
Correct! All of these answers are correct.
In a national survey of the values of 14- to 29-year-olds, which of the following
received high ratings of "top importance"? - (ANSWER)having a lifelong partner
and getting married
The family into which people are born is known as their family of: -
(ANSWER)Orgin
According to Levinger, marriages that last but do not bring satisfaction are known
as: - (ANSWER)empty-shell marriages.
_______ means people have less interpersonal interaction than they desire. -
(ANSWER)Social loneliness
Census Bureau figures show that the proportion of married women who are
employed increased from 23.8 percent in 1950 to 56.4 percent in 2014 (Bureau of
Labor Statistics 2015). The most dramatic increase occurred among: -
(ANSWER)women who had children under 6 years of age.
, A recent national survey reported that ________ percent of all high-school
teenagers have sexual intercourse at least once. - (ANSWER)47
The American value that emphasizes personal achievement is called: -
(ANSWER)utilitarian individualism.
As applied to intimate relationships, ________ asserts that the intimate group
must be analyzed as a whole; the group has boundaries that distinguish it from
other groups. - (ANSWER)systems theory
Expressive individualism has been particularly strong for the past few decades,
buttressed by ________ that has urged people to search for self-fulfillment above
all. - (ANSWER)a humanistic psychology
According to the U.S. Census Bureau 1988 and Hamilton et al. 2015, who among
the following has the lowest rate of nonmarital births? - (ANSWER)Asian mothers
By 2014, the average household contained ________ people. - (ANSWER)2.54
Which of the following is best described as things that are preferred because
people define them as worthy and desirable? - (ANSWER)values
The term "nuclear family" refers to: - (ANSWER)a household that comprises a
husband, a wife, and a single child.
