Deck 7: Cohabitation and Marriage

Question 1

Which of the following was not a factor in changing the nature of marriage from companionship to individualization?

A)a rise in the standard of living
B)increasing economic independence of young women
C)the exposure of women to new ideas beyond the home
D)the migration of large numbers of people to rural areas

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The institutional marriage is marked predominately by

A)equal sharing of household chores and childcare.
B)mutual respect.
C)an attachment based on love and caring.
D)strict roles dictating how one is to behave within the family unit.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the components of the marriage market?

A)databases
B)brokers
C)platforms
D)resources

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following enables marriage as an investment?

A)the marriage market
B)enforceable trust
C)the presence of labor-saving devices
D)extension of kinship networks through marriage

Question 5

Compared to women with less education and lower earnings, the specialization model predicts that women with more education and higher earnings are __________ likely to marry while the income-pooling model predicts they are __________ likely to marry.

A)less; more
B)more; less
C)equally; more
D)equally; less

Question 6

Courtship

A)is a process that originated in the 1900s in the United States.
B)began with young men calling on young women in their homes.
C)is publicly visible and has rules and restrictions.
D)became popular as more Americans moved to urban areas.

Question 7

With the emergence of adolescence as a recognized life stage for teenagers, the high school and college years gave young people

A)a protected time relatively free of parental involvement.
B)an incentive to marry young.
C)an incentive to help the family economically.
D)more restrictions from parents.

Question 8

Living together without marrying would be more common among the poor of a society primarily because

A)of loose morals.
B)of different values.
C)of a lack of resources.
D)they lack the will to get married.

Question 9

After the 1900s, the key resource that young people in the United States gained, which changed the centuries-old system of courtship, was

A)education.
B)land.
C)inheritance.
D)spending money.

Question 10

Increasingly, people in American society are entering into marriage because

A)they enjoy the openness, self-disclosure, communication, and mutual dependence that marriage brings.
B)of dissatisfaction with the dating scene.
C)they want to increase their level of personal satisfaction.
D)of the spiritual side of marriage.

Question 11

Dating

A)shifted the balance of power in favor of women.
B)was a system of exchanging goods for companionship.
C)had its heyday during 1945-1970.
D)was rare until 1920.

Question 12

Historically in the United States, and in some developing nations today, ________ has/have played an important part in the selection of a spouse.

A)parents
B)siblings
C)grandparents
D)pregnancies

Question 13

Recent studies suggest that cohabitation is

A)an alternative way of being single.
B)most common among college-educated young adults.
C)not seen as an alternative to marriage by most young adults.
D)declining in its prevalence and acceptance.

Question 14

The breadwinner-homemaker model of marriage

A)flourished in the 1950s.
B)was the norm between 1945 and 1975.
C)still flourishes today.
D)is making a comeback.

Question 15

A marriage in which the emphasis is on self-development, flexible roles, and open communication is called

A)institutional marriage.
B)companionate marriage.
C)individualistic marriage.
D)companionable marriage.

Question 16

A primary component of the early system of dating was that

A)couples had to have sexual intercourse in order to know if they were compatible.
B)people let their parents pick their dates.
C)the man was expected to pay for all the expenses of the date.
D)a couple was expected to make all decisions about the date jointly.

Question 17

concluded that, in the 1920s, young adults wanted

A)sexual allure.
B)material success.
C)romantic love.
D)domesticity.

Question 18

Burgess, a family sociologist,

A)felt that the individualized type of marriage was the best form.
B)did not foresee the dual-earner marriage overtaking the breadwinner-homemaker marriage.
C)predicted that the breadwinner-homemaker marriage model could not last.
D)stated that men and women should have an equal share of the household chores.

Question 19

Which of the following did not contribute to the end of traditional courtship patterns in the United States?

A)migration from rural areas to cities
B)higher standards of living
C)growth in passionate love as a basis for marriage
D)extended adolescence

Question 20

A marriage in which the emphasis is on affection, sexual gratification, and friendship is called

A)institutional marriage.
B)companionate marriage.
C)individualistic marriage.
D)companionable marriage.

Question 21

The symbolic importance of marriage has increased as its practical importance has increased.

Question 22

Cohabiting relationships among college graduates are, for the most part, a stage in the marriage process.

Question 23

Parental influence over children's marriage choices is most effective and direct when there is land or wealth to pass on.

Question 24

An adult who lives independently but has an intimate partnership with someone living elsewhere is said to be in a

A)living apart relationship.
B)separate living relationship.
C)non-cohabitation relationship.
D)non-together relationship.

Question 25

The advent of the dating system signaled the end of marriage as a marker of prestige and distinction.

Question 26

For lesbians and gay men, cohabitation was the only form of partnership available until the legalization of same-sex marriage.

Question 27

Men with higher earning potential are more likely to seek women with the same type of earning potential than they were a generation ago.

Question 28

In the 2000s in the United States, premarital cohabitation has increased from being the experience of a few to being commonplace.

Question 29

Explain how marriage is still important today as a symbol of status and prestige.

Question 30

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, companionship and sexual fulfillment became more important to a successful marriage.

Question 31

Which of the following is a feature of the companionate marriage?

A)sharp division of labor
B)equal sharing of authority between husband and wife
C)women's role as equal earners
D)discouragement of sex for pleasure

Question 32

Which of the following is a reason why the dating system became less connected to marriage?

A)decrease in the availability of manufacturing jobs
B)advent of the age of automobiles
C)rise in the age at marriage
D)emergence of the hookup scene

Question 33

The courtship process was developed in the United States.

Question 34

The greater commitment that marriage requires makes it especially useful for high-income couples.

Question 35

The institutional marriage refers to an emphasis on male authority, duty, and conformity to social norms.

Question 36

The marriage bargain now includes the expectation that both spouses will contribute to the family income.

Question 37

The shift toward a more individualized marriage is accompanied with an emphasis on affection, friendship, and sexual gratification.

Question 38

Two-thirds of all births listed are to cohabiting couples.

Question 39

How might marriage be beneficial to people?

Question 40

What social trends led to the increase in independent living among young people in the mid to late twentieth century?

Question 41

Discuss what is meant when people refer to a positive selection into marriage and a negative selection out of marriage.

Question 42

Discuss the rise and fall of dating.

Question 43

Why do people still marry?

Question 44

Describe and explain the current context of marriage.

Question 45

What is the marriage market, and how does it work?

Question 46

How does organized religion support marriage today?

Question 47

What factors contributed to the recognition of adolescence as a stage of life in the United States?

Question 48

Explain how the automobile helped change courtship patterns in the United States.

Question 49

Describe the differences and similarities between opposite-sex and same-sex couple cohabitation.

Question 50

How has the marriage bargain changed over the past 50 years?

Question 51

How did Maud look at the difference between romantic love and spiritual love, and which did she choose?

Question 52

Why, traditionally, have the poor been more likely than the non-poor to substitute living together for legal marriage?