Deck 7: Mate Selection

Question 1

Which of the following statements is (are) supported by the results in Chapter 7?

A)most people's parents had homogeneous marriages with regard to education.
B)although the respondents had homogamous marriages with regard to education, most of their parents did not.
C)although the parents of the respondents had homogamous marriages with regard to education, most of the respondents did not
D)both a and b above
E)all of the above

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Homogamy can be loosely defined by the old saying:

A)birds of a feather flock together.
B)opposites attract.
C)absence makes the heart grow fonder.
D)home is where the heart is.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following variables does NOT have a statistically significant relationship with attitudes towards interracial marriages?

A)political party affiliation
B)religion
C)education
D)race
E)geographic region

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to the results in Chapter 7, with regard to education and religion, most marriages are

A)heterogamous.
B)homogamous.
C)monogamous.
D)exogenous.

Question 5

When it comes to interracial marriages,

A)a majority of both African Americans and whites believe they should be legal.
B)a majority of whites believe they should be prohibited by law.
C)nearly half of all whites would oppose an interracial marriage by a relative.
D)both a and c above
E)both b and c above

Question 6

In Chapter 7, homogamy and heterogamy were observed by comparing the characteristics of

A)adults with those of their parents.
B)older respondents with those of younger respondents.
C)married individuals with those of their spouse.
D)married couples with national norms.

Question 7

When it come to selecting a spouse in preindustrial societies,

A)most societies allow men complete freedom to choose who they will marry.
B)most societies allow women complete freedom to choose who they will marry.
C)most societies require that both the bride and the groom must consent to a marriage.
D)both a and b above

Question 8

Which of the following statements about religious homogamy is (are) supported by the results in Chapter 7?

A)first marriages are generally homogamous but remarriages are not
B)the marriages of most respondents' parents were homogamous with regard to religious affiliation but not for actual church attendance.
C)most of the respondents' parents had homogamous marriages with regard to both religious affiliation and church attendance.
D)religious affiliation does not appear to influence mate selection
E)both a and b above

Question 9

Suppose you want to compare the educational characteristics of spouses with each other, but you want to separate first marriages from remarriages.To do this you would need to make the first marriage/remarriage variable the

A)independent variable.
B)dependent variable.
C)intervening variable.
D)control variable.

Question 10

According to the General Social Survey, what are some of the social characteristics of
people who tend to be have more tolerant attitudes towards interracial marriages.How would you explain these findings?

Question 11

Summarize how the results of Chapter 7 either support or refute the influence of homogamy on mate selection.