Psyc 375 - Test 3 Questions and Correct Answers

couple western culture of singlehood - we are largely entered around love and marriage ex: magazines of weddings, TV shows, restaurants, travel industry assumptions of marriage - marriage is forever (one, long-term partner, monogamy) - marriage = always happiness - marriage = "normal life" - expected age for marriage - normative order of events (fall in love, get married, have children) ideology of marriage and family - everyone wants to get married and will marry - sexual partnership is the only truly important peer relationship - those who have a sexual partnership are better people; lead more complete valuable lives and more mature implications of married people people think they are more privileged implications of single people - marginalized - experience economic disadavntage, discrimination, (-) stereotyping and interpersonal rejection what are the economic disadvantages of single people - higher cost of living and housing, especially if living alone - married ppl receive tax, health care, and social benefits whereas single ppl do not results of study when participants asked to choose who they would rent apartment to chose to have tenants who were married over single women and men and saw nothing wrong with that as they just thought would be better tenants stereotypes of singles Cold Unsociable Selfish Lonely Immature Insecure Low self-esteem Less satisfied compared to married people - single ppl will (-) stereotype other single ppl as well