Deck 9: Adult Sexual Relationships

Question 1

According to John Gottman, what is the most important predictor of marital satisfaction for both men and women?

A) Quality of the friendship
B) Agreement on financial issues
C) Similar spiritual beliefs
D) Level of sexual satisfaction

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is a typical characteristic of those who most often report being open to interracial dating?

A) Politically liberal
B) Younger
C) Less religious
D) All of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to a current study, what was the primary reason that the majority of couples gave for moving in together?

A) Financial reasons
B) To spend more time together
C) To "test" the relationship
D) Pressure from family and friends

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Over the last few years, what correlation was found related to cohabitation rates and financial status?

A) There was an increase in cohabitations rates where both partners were employed.
B) There was an increase in cohabitation rates where one partner was unemployed.
C) There was in increase in cohabitation rates among couples with higher income status.
D) No differences were found between cohabitation rates and financial status.

Question 5

Which of the following is true about cohabitating couple in the U.S.?

A) If they get married, they are less likely to divorce than couples who did not live together prior to marriage.
B) They tend to cohabitate as a prelude to marriage, not as a substitute to it.
C) The majority of couples who choose to live together prior to marriage are in homosexual relationships.
D) All of these

Question 6

All of the following are reasons "dating" on college campuses has declined EXCEPT?

A) Hooking up, casual sex, and "friends with benefits" has become more acceptable.
B) There are more male students than female students.
C) The overall definition of "dating" is not clearly defined.
D) Students more often hang out in groups which results in more casual "dating".

Question 7

Related to racial/ethnic trends and mixed-race marriage rates, which of the following statements is true?

A) Asian females are less likely than Asian males to marry a person of another racial/ethnic group.
B) Black females are less likely than Black males to marry a person of another racial/ethnic group.
C) People in the Midwest have a higher percent of mixed-race marriages than people in Southern states.
D) White people are more likely than Hispanic people to be in mixed-race marriages.

Question 8

What is one of the reasons given in your text for why current research on cohabitating couples may be skewed?

A) Couples are often ashamed to admit to living in premarital relationships.
B) We lack adequate relationship labels to define different "forms" of living together.
C) The Census survey does not include a category for people to indicate when they live together but are not married.
D) Only couples who live together and also have children are labeled as cohabitating in the Census data.

Question 9

Related to sexuality in dating relationships, couples who wait to have sex in a relationship:

A) Are more likely to cheat on their partners.
B) Report less overall relationship satisfaction.
C) Experience better relationship outcomes.
D) Are less likely to have an unintended pregnancy.

Question 10

What percent of heterosexual couples in the U.S. live together before marriage?

A) Less than 40%
B) Approximately 50%
C) Approximately 75%
D) More than 80%

Question 11

When was the earliest someone could have legally engaged in interracial dating throughout the U.S.?

A) The late 1870s
B) The early 1930s
C) The late 1960s
D) The early 1980s

Question 12

What is found as one of the most important factors in how someone recovers from a break up?

A) The amount of social support they have
B) If the relationship lasted less than 6 months
C) How long the couple knew each other prior to their romantic relationship
D) Whether or not the relationship also included a sexual relationship

Question 13

What is a factor related to why older men are more likely than older women to remarry after the death of a spouse?

A) Men tend to marry younger women.
B) Men are more likely to have familial support to remarry.
C) Men maintain their physical attractiveness longer than women.
D) Men tend to be in better health into later ages.

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes a typical pattern related to interracial dating?

A) White people are more likely than any other racial/ethnic group to report being open to a mixed race relationship.
B) Men and women with lower education levels report the highest degree of openness to mixed race relationships.
C) Heterosexual men and women are more likely than their homosexual counterparts to be open to mixed race relationships.
D) While college students are more open to casual and sexual mixed race relationships, most report preference for their same race/ethnicity for long-term relationships.

Question 15

Who is more likely to eventually get married?

A) Sheila, a White woman who dropped out of high school
B) Sara, a Black woman who dropped out of high school
C) Susan, a White woman with a Bachelor's degree
D) Samantha, a Black woman with a Bachelor's degree

Question 16

Related to age at first marriage in the U.S. from 1970 until now:

A) The average age has remained constant.
B) The average age has increased.
C) The average age has decreased slightly.
D) The average age for men has increased while the average age for women has remained the same.

Question 17

What does the "half-age-plus-seven rule" indicate?

A) Research indicates best outcomes when a person dates someone who is half their age plus seven years.
B) This "rule" indicates a person should not date someone under half their age plus seven years.
C) This "rule" indicates that couples tend to stay together longer when there is a larger gap between their ages.
D) Research indicates that couples who have at least a difference of half their age plus seven indicate higher levels of sexual satisfaction in their relationships.

Question 18

Which group of adult children is LEAST likely to provide emotional, financial and practical help to their aging parents?

A) Single
B) Married
C) Divorced
D) Widowed

Question 19

Compared to a generation ago, those who get married in the early 21ˢᵗ century are more likely:

A) Older and about as happy with their marriages
B) Older and less happy with their marriages
C) About the same age and more happy with their marriages
D) About the same age and about as happy with their marriages

Question 20

What statement best describes a trend related to the practice of "hooking up" on college campuses?

A) It is estimated that between 30-40% of college students have engaged in at least one hook up.
B) There are no gender differences in rates and perceptions of "hooking up".
C) Both men and women report engaging in this behavior for purely physical reasons, although the research does not clearly indicate this to be true.
D) Heterosexual students are more likely to engage in "hooking up" than homosexual students.

Question 21

All of the following are ways that heterosexual and homosexual couples become parents EXCEPT:

A) Pregnancy through surrogacy
B) Foster parenting
C) Unintended pregnancy
D) Adoption

Question 22

Related to sex outside of marriage, how does the United States compare to other countries?

A) Less than 5% of all societies are as strict about forbidding extramarital intercourse as the U.S.
B) The U.S. is within the top 10% of countries with the loosest standards related to sex outside of marriage.
C) The U.S. is very comparable to the majority of other countries in relation to expectations about sex outside of marriage.
D) The U.S. is one of only 20% of countries around the world that do not have any laws related to sex outside of marriage.

Question 23

While men traditionally receive more benefits from marriage than women, which of the following benefits does recent research show now applies equally to married men and married women?

A) Physical health
B) Self-reported happiness
C) Mental health
D) Sexual health

Question 24

Will and Haley are married. They and their best friends, Mark and Loren, belong to a group of 5 other couples who all engage in comarital sex. What label would be given to Will and Haley?

A) Polygamists
B) Clubbers
C) Swingers
D) Swappers

Question 25

Who is most likely to report the highest level of marital happiness?

A) Joe, a White male
B) Rachel, a White female
C) Simone, a Black female
D) Tyrome, a Black male

Question 26

Joe and Sharon have been married for 25 years, which of the last 5 they have chosen to no longer engage in sexual behaviors. What kind of marriage is this?

A) Consensual marriage
B) Asexual marriage
C) Companionate marriage
D) Celibate marriage

Question 27

What is true related to extramarital sexual relations in the U.S.?

A) Couples who live together are more likely to cheat than couples who are married.
B) Lesbian women are more likely to cheat than gay men.
C) There are no differences in the odds for cheating among those who are religious and those who are not.
D) There are significant gender differences in the rates of cheating.

Question 28

What state was the first to legalize same-sex civil unions?

A) California
B) Wisconsin
C) Vermont
D) Maine

Question 29

In a 2010 CBS News Poll, what percentage of respondents indicated they were against legal recognition of any kind for same-sex couples?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 80%

Question 30

Related to the overall impact on marital relationships, what type of affair has been found to have the LEAST affect?

A) Emotional
B) Sexual
C) Emotional and Sexual
D) Internet

Question 31

What are same-sex couples more likely to report in their relationships than other-sex couples?

A) Less intimacy
B) More emphasis on physical attractiveness
C) Equal sharing of household responsibilities
D) More problems with communication

Question 32

Between 1990 and 2008, births increased in which group?

A) Older women
B) Teens
C) College students
D) Married women

Question 33

Births to unmarried women are lowest among what group?

A) Caucasians
B) Hispanics
C) Asians
D) African-Americans

Question 34

According to your text, what can the strong history of protection of heterosexual marriage in the United States be tied to?

A) Economic well-being
B) Religious freedom
C) Procreative health
D) Sexual health

Question 35

What statement best describes common findings related to comarital sex?

A) Couples who engage in comarital sex were much more popular in the 1970s and have since been on the decline.
B) Couples who engage in comarital sex often come from families where comarital sex was practiced.
C) Those who engage in comarital sex reported higher levels of sexual satisfaction but less overall marital satisfaction compared to married couples who do not engage in comarital sex.
D) Those who engage in comarital sex reported happier marriages and overall life satisfaction than those in marriages who do not participate in comarital sex.

Question 36

Related to research on sex within marriages, what has been found?

A) Reports of more frequent sexual behavior is correlated to higher levels of relationship satisfaction.
B) Increased relationship satisfaction leads to more frequent sexual behavior.
C) More frequent sexual behavior leads to higher levels of relationship satisfaction.
D) The frequency of sexual behavior is not correlated with relationship satisfaction.

Question 37

According to the Defense of Marriage Act, what defines a "spouse"?

A) A person of the other sex
B) A person of either sex
C) A person who is either legally married or in a legal civil union
D) It varies from state to state.

Question 38

On a survey, who is likely to report the lowest level of overall happiness?

A) Jan who is heterosexual and married
B) Justin who is lesbian and in a long term dating relationship
C) Jacob who is gay and in a legal marriage
D) Jennifer who is heterosexual and single

Question 39

What are some possible explanations for the lower reports of sexual activity among lesbian women?

A) Women are less likely to initiate sex.
B) Women tend to have a lower sex drive.
C) Sexual occurrences last longer resulting in fewer overall.
D) All of these

Question 40

According to research, what is the reason why the majority of extramarital affairs occur?

A) Unmet sexual needs
B) Incompatibility of sexual drives
C) Unmet emotional needs
D) More women in the workplace

Question 41

Ten years following a divorce, who is more likely to say their divorce was the right decision?

A) Women
B) Men
C) No difference in genders
D) Neither, the majority of men and women say their divorce was not the right decision.

Question 42

A higher-than-usual divorce rate occurs among couples who:

A) Have been divorced or had divorced parents
B) Married at a young age
C) Had children quickly after marriage
D) All of these

Question 43

It is more likely for black females to be in mixed race marriages than black men, while the opposite gender difference is true for Asian men and women.

Question 44

If you want to cohabitate with your partner, which country would be your best choice?

A) Spain
B) Norway
C) Italy
D) China

Question 45

The number of cohabitating couples has decreased slightly over the last 10 years.

Question 46

Sexual satisfaction in short-term intimate relationships is a strong predictor of how happy a couple is in the relationship but it is not a predictor of happiness in long-term relationships.

Question 47

Current research available on cohabitation makes it difficult to determine if couples who live together and later divorce would have been just as likely to divorce had they not lived together.

Question 48

On average, married couples in which of the following conditions report the lowest levels of marital satisfaction?

A) Newly-married couples with no children
B) Couples with two young children
C) Couples with two teenagers
D) Couples whose children are grown

Question 49

Which of the following couples are more likely to divorce?

A) A Korean couple
B) A Mexican American couple
C) A White couple
D) A mixed-race couple

Question 50

What statement best describes a covenant marriage?

A) A marriage in which one party needs to be found guilty of a transgression to get divorced.
B) A marriage that can only be dissolved by a religious authority, as opposed to the court system.
C) A marriage in which a religious ceremony is performed but no legal ceremony.
D) A marriage in which prenuptially, the couple agrees on a set of rules and regulations for ending the marriage, including a wait time for finalization of a divorce.

Question 51

Gays and lesbians are twice as likely to be in a mixed race relationship compared to straight men and women.

Question 52

Current research indicates that high school graduates are more likely to marry than those with college degrees.

Question 53

Couples who were already engaged prior to living together have the same chance of divorce as couple who marry without living together first.

Question 54

Comparing divorce rates within the first 10 years of marriage, what is true regarding divorce rates of couples married in the 1970s and couples married in the 1990s?

A) The percentage of couples that divorced within the first 10 years increased from 1970 to 1990.
B) The percentage of couples that divorced within the first 10 years was about the same between both groups.
C) The percentage of couples that divorced within the first 10 years decreased from 1970 to 1990.
D) Due to changes in divorce laws, comparisons between these groups are not valid.

Question 55

Longer cohabitation has been found to be associated with higher likelihood of divorce in heterosexual couples

Question 56

All of the following statements regarding arranged marriages are true EXCEPT:

A) In Iran all marriages are arranged.
B) The Yaruros of Venezuela arrange marriages between "cross cousins."
C) Arranged marriages in China have become less common.
D) Arranging marriages in the United States is illegal.

Question 57

Who is more likely to initiate a divorce?

A) The woman
B) The man
C) No difference between genders.
D) Neither, most divorces are mutually initiated.

Question 58

All of the following statements are true regarding divorce in other cultures EXCEPT?

A) Divorce rates are much lower in other countries compared to the U.S.
B) Divorce was not legal in Chile until 2004.
C) In Israel, women need their husband's permission to divorce.
D) In China and Brazil the main reason given for divorce is extramarital affairs.

Question 59

Most married adults report that over time their marital satisfaction and happiness gradually decline.

Question 60

When choosing someone to date, a person's race has been found to be more important than his or her religion.

Question 61

Discuss the possible reasons why societies have given preference to heterosexual marriage over same-sex marriage. Make sure to include references to your text.

Question 62

A civil union performed in one state is typically not recognized in other states, even if the state has civil or domestic partnership laws.

Question 63

Differentiate between domestic partnerships, civil unions, and same-sex marriages. Include information about how each is recognized both federally and by different states.

Question 64

Explain what we know about marital happiness, gender, and race providing information from your text to back up your response.

Question 65

Compare and contrast men's and women's adjustment to divorce.

Question 66

Describe the current trends in parenting with respect to age, education, and ethnicity.

Question 67

There is a higher percentage of married men than women who are over 65.

Question 68

Describe the marital customs and practices of two specific cultures outside of the United States that were discussed in your text.

Question 69

A recent study found that woman initiate 2/3 of all divorces.

Question 70

Legal marriage offers the same rights same-sex couples as both domestic partnerships and civil unions.

Question 71

Discuss what is known about extramarital affairs, including common characteristics that someone who cheats might have compared to those who do not, what types of affairs there are and how do they differ by both gender and impact on the marriage.

Question 72

Identify three advantages and three disadvantages of cohabitation as discussed by the textbook.

Question 73

Explain the statistics and research findings between cohabitation and divorce and possible explanations for these findings.

Question 74

Identify three ways that dating patterns and practices changed over the last 30 years in the U.S. Be sure to reference information from your text.

Question 75

The American term for "dating" seems to be a universal concept used cross-culturally.