Deck 5: Singlehood, Hanging Out, Hooking Up, and Cohabitation

Question 1

Women are more at risk in hooking up for all of the following except:

A)guilt
B)depression
C)defining the experience negatively
D)falling in love with a guy which whom she has sex

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is the least likely to have "hooked up"?

A)whites
B)Asians
C)African-Americans
D)Native- Americans

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Weed dating is:

A)finding someone who smokes marijuana
B)showing up at a farm and hoe or pull weeds on a row and meet a new person
C)speed dating with the goal of "weeding" out individuals quickly
D)an example of complementary needs dating

Answer 3

B

Question 4

If you are involved in a long distance dating relationship, the one factor that best predicts your chance of staying together is:

A)moral commitment of both partners to keep the relationship together
B)how far the partners are separated from each other
C)how long the partners are separated from each other
D)the degree to which the partners are religiously devout

Question 5

For men in China, what age is viewed as "old" for a woman?

A)18
B)28
C)38
D)50

Question 6

What living arrangement is associated with a low suicide rate?

A)being married and having children
B)living together with a partner over two years
C)living in a commune with 20 or more people
D)living with a close sibling

Question 7

The Alternatives to Marriage Project is closed to which of the following groups?

A)homosexuals
B)Hispanics
C)married people
D)It is open to all groups.

Question 8

How is a civil union dissolved in France?

A)magistrate
B)arbitration
C)court hearing
D)registered letter

Question 9

The Cupid Cowboy is:

A)Lance Stockton, the founder of CupidCowboy.com (for women seeking a cowboy)
B)a speed dating firm in Texas that focuses on matching cowboys and cowgirls
C)an Internet site that emphasizes romantic love and traditional values
D)Ivan Thompson, who took single males to Mexico to meet a woman to marry

Question 10

Dog ownership is associated with well-being, particularly for:

A)families
B)cohabitants
C)single men
D)single women

Question 11

Which of the following is not a term or phrase used to describe Internet dating?

A)place to shop
B)supermarket
C)catalog
D)garden of hedonism

Question 12

Which of the following are categories of lying on the Internet?

A)assets (person would say he or she owned a house at the beach)
B)relationship goals (person would say he or she wanted to get married)
C)personal attributes (person would say he or she was religious)
D)all of these choices

Question 13

What term is used in reference to long distance dating relationships?

A)separation protest
B)complementary needs
C)homogamy
D)learning chemistry

Question 14

Which sexual behavior is most likely to occur on a "hook up"?

A)kissing
B)oral sex
C)sexual intercourse
D)anal sex

Question 15

In which country are there two civil unions for every three marriages?

A)United States, beginning in 2010
B)France
C)Italy
D)Russia

Question 16

What does Rosin (2010) mean by "The End of Men"?

A)Men's cheating is catching up with them and women aren't putting up with it.
B)Men's "masculine know-it-all demeanor" is no longer attractive to women.
C)Women are increasingly holding more jobs; men are less important economically.
D)Women no longer have a preference for male babies.

Question 17

What are the median ages for the first marriage of women and men?

A)22 and 24
B)26 and 28
C)23 and 29
D)28 and 31

Question 18

Most hookups involve:

A)friends or acquaintances
B)a new person
C)an old lover
D)a family friend

Question 19

The web site WildxAngel.com:

A)reveals the dangers of Internet dating
B)offers erotic material
C)is a dating site
D)is a social networking site for motorcycle enthusiasts

Question 20

Which of the following is not a liability for a woman looking for a marriage partner?

A)being poor
B)using drugs
C)having children with multiple partners
D)having two or more daughters

Question 21

According to Albright, what percent of persons who meet online marry each other?

A)7 percent
B)27 percent
C)22 percent
D)27 percent of women and 22 percent of men

Question 22

All of the following tend to be true of women who ask men out for dates except that:

A)they used contraception when they last had intercourse
B)they are open to cohabitation
C)they are sexually unfaithful
D)they are non-religious

Question 23

Who is more likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection?

A)Women are more likely to contract an STI from men.
B)Men are more likely to contract an STI from women.
C)Women and men are equally likely to contract an STI from each other.
D)There is no data on this issue.

Question 24

Couples who have the shortest courtship from first meeting to marriage:

A)are lesbians
B)are gay men
C)are individuals who have been married before and are dating again
D)are individuals who tend to drink somewhat heavily on each date

Question 25

Wienke and Hill (2009) compared single with marrieds and cohabitants (both heterosexual and homosexual) and found that:

A)gay singles were happier than straight married individuals
B)gay singles were happier than straight cohabiting individuals
C)gay male singles were happier than female straight married individuals
D)singles were less happy regardless of sexual orientation

Question 26

The outcome of "hooking up" generally is that:

A)sex occurs and the partners end up in a romantic relationship
B)sex occurs and the partners don't see each other again
C)sex occurs and the partners begin to hang out occasionally
D)sex doesn't occur but may on another night with the same person

Question 27

The primary reason for remaining single is:

A)money; you don't have to consult anyone about how to spend your money
B)freedom and control over one's own life
C)the fear of divorce since most parents are divorced
D)being focused on career

Question 28

Wilson et al. (2006) studied speed daters and found that those who selected each other:

A)had a lot in common
B)felt that opposite attracts
C)believe in love at first sight
D)actually fell in love at first sight

Question 29

Which of the following has a particularly difficult time finding a suitable mate?

A)Asian men taking care of an elderly mother
B)uneducated black women
C)rich Hispanic women
D)educated black women

Question 30

One researcher found that undergraduates describe unmarried people as:

A)poor
B)alcoholic
C)happy, loving, stable
D)lonely, unhappy, and insecure

Question 31

The country where almost all marriages are preceded by cohabitation is:

A)Sweden
B)Ireland
C)Iceland
D)Italy

Question 32

In what state listed below would you find the most benefits for your domestic partner?

A)Mississippi
B)New York
C)Nevada
D)New Jersey

Question 33

Whether today's individuals are embracing singlehood forever is:

A)clear-they are embracing singlehood
B)clear-they are delaying marriage
C)unknown
D)variable-the youngest singles are embracing singlehood, the older still want marriage

Question 34

If you lived in Iceland, you would likely:

A)have first intercourse as early as age 12
B)have two children after marriage
C)live with a person before marrying that person
D)not marry at all

Question 35

Cohabitants who plan to live together and never marry are:

A)rare
B)the most frequent type of cohabiters
C)rapidly increasing in frequency
D)just as frequent as those who live together and have a marriage date

Question 36

In which country would you most likely find people cohabitating before marriage?

A)America
B)Sweden
C)Italy
D)Mexico

Question 37

Most cohabitants view themselves as:

A)"testers"- they are testing their relationship
B)"here and now"- they see no future beyond tomorrow
C)"money savers"- they are living together for economic reasons
D)committed to each other

Question 38

Which of the following is the loneliest?

A)divorced men
B)divorced women
C)single men
D)single women

Question 39

About how many households in the U.S. consist of couples who live together?

A)600,0000
B)6 million
C)26 million
D)66 million

Question 40

When Internet partners disclose themselves to each other, the result is that they have the:

A)potential to fall in love too quickly
B)potential to get embarrassed and to shut down
C)potential to become depressed since they are only typing to a machine
D)potential to create a stalker since there is no slow buildup to a relationship

Question 41

Elise does not want to live together and Bob does. What are they most likely to do?

A)Break up within six months if there is no resolution.
B)There is no research to answer this question.
C)Live together.
D)Stop living together.

Question 42

From the viewpoint of a child's health, it is better if his or her parents are:

A)married
B)living together
C)living apart together
D)members of a church that is pronatalistic

Question 43

The "cohabitation effect" suggests that cohabiting couples tend to:

A)end up in durable marriages
B)continue living together and never marry
C)have a stronger marriage because they lived together first
D)end up in unhappy marriages and get divorced

Question 44

Which of the following is the most frequent behavior when hooking up, according to the Stanford University Social Life Survey?

A)kissing
B)fellatio
C)intercourse
D)cunnilingus

Question 45

A primary reason employers are reluctant to offer benefits to domestic partners is:

A)the moral bias against gays
B)homophobia
C)the fear that a partner may be HIV infected which would involve considerable cost
D)that workers who are domestic partners are less stable

Question 46

Being poor is not a liability for an unmarried woman getting married.

Question 47

Those who are married and have children live longer than those who are not married and have no children.

Question 48

"Palimony" refers to which of the following?

A)monies paid by two cohabitants to a landlord
B)money one cohabitant might pay another if the relationship ends
C)money a cohabitant pays to his or her partner to cover living expenses
D)employee benefits paid to domestic partners by some corporations

Question 49

Regarding hook up relationships, which of the following is not true?

A)African Americans are more likely to report hooking up than whites.
B)Most hook ups involve friends or acquaintances (rather than strangers).
C)Hooking up is associated with having a higher income.
D)Hooking up occurs in the context of alcohol.

Question 50

A spouse married by "common law" can do all of the following except:

A)inherit from the partner
B)receive alimony if the marriage breaks
C)benefit from the health insurance of the "spouse"
D)have custody of the stepchildren in case of divorce

Question 51

To be defined as "domestic partners," the individuals must be all of the following but:

A)jointly responsible for debts to third parties
B)live in the same residence
C)financially interdependent
D)have been in a relationship for at least 12 months

Question 52

The fee for Selective Search, a professional match making service, is:

A)$20 a month until a mate is found
B)$200 a month until a mate is found
C)$2000
D)$20,000

Question 53

Common law marriage:

A)is legal in 14 states
B)means the couple have common ancestry and can avoid marriage license fees
C)have much lower divorce rates
D)has been outlawed

Question 54

Which of the following new couples are most likely to begin to live together?

A)lower upper class
B)upper middle class
C)working class
D)middle class

Question 55

Which of the following is not helpful in keeping a long distance relationship together?

A)daily contact
B)dating others to see if your love for each other is real
C)avoiding conflictual phone conversations
D)wearing the clothes of the other partner

Question 56

In general, living with your partner before marriage:

A)will help protect you from getting divorced
B)is associated with an increased risk of getting divorced
C)won't make any difference in whether you stay married or not
D)will increase your happiness since cohabitants are happier than marrieds

Question 57

How many states offer domestic partnerships?

A)11
B)27
C)48
D)Zero.Domestic partnerships have been replaced by civil unions.

Question 58

Children born to unmarried cohabitants:

A)are known to the IRS as illegitimate
B)may not inherit from their parents
C)do not qualify for child support
D)are legitimate, can inherit, and are due support

Question 59

What is the primary reason most cohabiting couples report that they break up?

A)sexual incompatibility
B)financial disagreements
C)disagreement over marital commitment
D)disagreement over whether to begin a family

Question 60

Hooking up is becoming a norm on campus for all of the following reasons except:

A)individuals want to remain uncommitted and free for summer internships or study abroad programs
B)individuals do not want to get married now so hooking up is a good option
C)hooking up is a way to confirm one's heterosexuality
D)male students outnumber female students

Question 61

How might marriage and children buffer one against the risk of suicide?

Question 62

In general, divorce is higher among those who have cohabited than those who have not.

Question 63

College students view unmarried singles as "lonely, unhappy, and insecure."

Question 64

"The End of Men" includes that men are less likely to have the traits needed for the
global economy-social intelligence, open communication, and sit still and focus.

Question 65

Discuss changes in dating in the last sixty years.

Question 66

Discuss why some elderly widows would rather live with a new partner than marry.

Question 67

It is normative for couples in Sweden to live together and have children before marriage.

Question 68

Identify the functions of involvement with a person.

Question 69

What is meant by "The End of Men"?

Question 70

"Here and now" is the most frequent type of cohabitation relationship.

Question 71

What are the most frequent sexual behaviors of those who "hook up"?

Question 72

Men in China view a woman who is 28 as "old."

Question 73

Discuss the characteristics of women who initiate relationships with men.

Question 74

France is the only country that allows civil unions for heterosexual couples.

Question 75

Discuss the various outcomes of "hooking up." Which is the most likely?

Question 76

Discuss what couples in long-distance dating relationships can do to increase their chances of staying together.

Question 77

Identify the various categories of unmarried individuals in the U.S.

Question 78

What is the mission of the Alternatives to Marriage project?

Question 79

Discuss the degree to which one's "moral commitment" helps a long distance relationship survive.

Question 80

Single men who have a dog seem to profit more in terms of well-being than single women.