Deck 4: Involvement: Dating, Pairing, Courtship

Question 1

________ is a casual form of sexual interaction among college students.

A)Courtship
B)Elopement
C)Hooking up
D)Being joined at the hip

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A passive but constructive response to a deteriorating relationship is

A)the voice response.
B)the exit response.
C)the neglect response.
D)the loyalty response.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Dating that provides friendship and prevents isolation fulfills the ________ function of dating.

A)mate selection
B)intimacy
C)socialization
D)companionship

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Environments that encourage people to interact with one another are known as

A)open fields.
B)closed fields.
C)propinquities.
D)meeting fields.

Question 5

Dating people who are geographically close to where you live or work is called

A)homogamy.
B)heterogamy.
C)propinquity.
D)exogamy.

Question 6

A form of arranged marriage in which the couple meets for the first time on their wedding day is called

A)closed marriage.
B)open marriage.
C)a dowry.
D)blind marriage.

Question 7

According to the text, the rules about dating in modern American culture

A)still follow traditional scripts.
B)are confused and uncertain.
C)have clearly emerged as a blend of old and new patterns.
D)None of the above is true.

Question 8

Which of the following is not a function of dating?

A)recreation
B)intimacy and sex
C)mate selection
D)rebellion against parents

Question 9

College students today engage in informal group styles of dating called

A)traditional courtship.
B)hooking up.
C)hanging out.
D)joined at the hip.

Question 10

________ arrange introductions between prospective couples for a fee.

A)Marriage bureaus
B)Mail order bride services
C)Video dating services
D)All of the above

Question 11

The main reason cited in the text for breaking up by college couples was

A)cheating.
B)growing tired of one other.
C)having contrasting values.
D)being financially burdened.

Question 12

________ is the cultural expectation that a person marry within his or her own social group in terms of race, religion, and social class.

A)Homogamy
B)Endogamy
C)Exogamy
D)Propinquity

Question 13

________ is the payment of money or property by the bride's family to the groom's family.

A)Bride price
B)Dowry
C)Blind endowment
D)Elopement

Question 14

Marrying outside your family group is called

A)endogamy.
B)exogamy.
C)propinquity.
D)homogamy.

Question 15

The process by which a person selects a partner and develops a commitment to marriage is known as

A)speed dating.
B)hooking up.
C)courtship.
D)cohabitation.

Question 16

________ occur(s)when one gender has a more limited pool of eligible marriage partners to select from.

A)A marriage gradient
B)A marriage squeeze
C)Filtering
D)Sex ratios

Question 17

In what country can unmarried women be kidnapped from the street and forced into marriage by their abductors?

A)Iran
B)Pakistan
C)Kyrgyzstan
D)Greece

Question 18

In the three-stage filtering process model of dating, ________ is the first stage.

A)values
B)stimulus
C)roles
D)attachment

Question 19

Propinquity is defined as

A)the cultural expectation to marry someone from within one's social group.
B)the cultural expectation to marry someone from outside one's social group.
C)the geographical closeness of partners.
D)the unique personality attributes that draw people toward one another.

Question 20

The tendency to marry up with regard to age, social class, and occupational success is called

A)heterogamy.
B)hypergamy.
C)hypogamy.
D)homogamy.

Question 21

The most typical response of men to deteriorating long-term relationships is the

A)neglect response.
B)voice response.
C)exit response.
D)loyalty response.

Question 22

The 2001 American Religious Identification Survey found that the intermarriage rate was highest for

A)Mormons.
B)Catholics.
C)Muslims.
D)Jews.

Question 23

Settings most likely to involve social interaction are

A)open fields.
B)closed fields.
C)mixed fields.
D)interactive fields.

Question 24

Marriage tour brokers are largely found in

A)the United States.
B)the UK.
C)eastern Europe.
D)Vietnam.

Question 25

________ is the term used to describe people in a brief physical sexual encounter with one another.

A)"Joined at the hip"
B)"Hooking up"
C)"Hanging out"
D)"Pack dating"

Question 26

Which of the following has improved and enhanced the interactivity of classified ads?

A)relationship websites
B)video dating services
C)marriage bureaus
D)mail-order brides

Question 27

Which of the following is a safety technique to use in Internet dating?

A)meet in a neutral location
B)ask for a photo
C)talk on the phone before meeting
D)All of the above

Question 28

Which of the following directions is helpful in the aftermath of a breakup?

A)Accept that the pain of rejection is normal.
B)Make a list of positive images.
C)Raise your self-esteem.
D)All of the above

Question 29

For farmers looking for dates, a variant on speed dating is

A)veggie dating.
B)weed dating.
C)tractor dating.
D)garden dating.

Question 30

Websites like Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, and Cheaternews.com have lessened the anonymity of

A)blind dates.
B)classified ads.
C)marriage bureaus.
D)mail-order brides.

Question 31

"Friends with benefits" describes those who are

A)hanging out.
B)hooking up.
C)joined at the hip.
D)engaged.

Question 32

In one study, women who receive the most replies from classified ads stressed

A)higher education.
B)youth.
C)professional status.
D)sense of humor.

Question 33

The tendency for women to marry upward with respect to age, education, and occupational success is known as

A)the mating gradient.
B)the marriage gradient.
C)hypergamy.
D)All of the above

Question 34

A dating pattern in which large numbers of singles spend 8 to 10 minutes talking with each other before being introduced to a new partner is called

A)hanging out.
B)hooking up.
C)speed dating.
D)blind dating.

Question 35

Which of the following describes a situation in which a person obsessively seeks to regain the pleasurable state that existed within a former love relationship?

A)relationship addiction
B)human addiction
C)love addiction
D)partner addiction

Question 36

Which of the following are examples of closed fields?

A)parties
B)public beaches
C)shopping malls
D)ski resorts

Question 37

Couples who go through a filtering stage in which they sort out their mutual values and goals as they grow in their commitment to each other are

A)relationship-driven.
B)event-driven.
C)stimulus-driven.
D)All of the above

Question 38

Which of the stages in the stimulus-values-roles process is based on mutual physical attraction?

A)stimulus
B)values
C)roles
D)All of the above

Question 39

According to Panel 4.1 on page 121, "Finding a Partner: The Likely Eligibles," which characteristic demonstrates that Americans have the most homogamy?

A)About 50% of Catholics marry outside their faith.
B)Interracial marriages are increasing.
C)Americans tend to marry partners within their age range.
D)Women sometimes "marry up," and men sometimes "marry down."

Question 40

Americans now work an average of _________ hours per week.

A)39
B)47
C)53
D)60

Question 41

The term used to indicate dating someone who lives in close geographical proximity is homogamy.

Question 42

Which of the following was ranked by the text as the most popular social networking website?

A)Twitter
B)MySpace
C)Facebook
D)LinkedIn

Question 43

In the U.S., 80% of Jews marry within their faith.

Question 44

Because of lower availability of females in some Southeast Asian countries, men turn to mail order bride services to find an Asian bride.

Question 45

An example of closed courtship is arranged marriages.

Question 46

In a 2006 Pew Research Center study of unattached singles, more than half reported that they were uninterested in dating.

Question 47

Which of the following is a disadvantage of meeting someone on the Internet?

A)lack of nonverbal communication
B)exaggeration concerning personal attributes
C)possible geographical distance
D)All of the above

Question 48

According to a 2010 Pew Research Center study, 93% of members of the _______________ Generation approve of blacks and whites dating.

A)Baby Boom
B)Millennial
C)Generation X
D)Silent

Question 49

Women begin to outnumber men by the age of

A)35.
B)40.
C)45.
D)50.

Question 50

At least among the American middle class, traditional dating dominated through the

A)1950s.
B)1960s.
C)1970s.
D)1980s.

Question 51

The larger the environment in which there are large numbers of people, the greater the probability of meeting a partner.

Question 52

Dating serves to filter out less likely partners for marriage.

Question 53

Hookups are linked to

A)alcohol consumption.
B)drug use.
C)poor academic performance.
D)All of the above

Question 54

Which of the following statements best illustrates the voice response to deteriorating relationships?

A)"I just want this relationship to go away."
B)"You and I should stay together, no matter what!"
C)"Let's talk about how we make our relationship better."
D)"We should break up right now!"

Question 55

A young couple who abruptly breaks off a love relationship after only three months and subsequently develops a platonic relationship has engaged in which of the following responses to a deteriorating relationship?

A)neglect
B)exit
C)loyalty
D)voice

Question 56

Which of the following is a purpose of engagements?

A)to publicly make a commitment
B)to plan the date and nature of the wedding ceremony
C)to prepare to expand family ties
D)All of the above

Question 57

Americans are increasingly finding romance in the workplace.

Question 58

The most recent study findings cited in the text indicate that most heterosexual Americans meet their partners

A)online.
B)in bars or restaurants.
C)at work or school.
D)through friends.

Question 59

Bride price is the payment of a woman's family to her prospective husband's family.

Question 60

Marrying someone of one's own race is an example of exogamy.

Question 61

In the exit response to ending relationships, the partner tends to withdraw emotionally and refuses to discuss problems in the relationship.

Question 62

Dating individuals who are geographically close is called ________.

Question 63

Marrying outside one's family group is known as ________.

Question 64

According to the text, an advantage of online dating is that you can meet mates from long distances.

Question 65

People are filtered through dating on the basis of ________, ________, and ________.

Question 66

The text advocates speaking on the phone to prospective partners found through print and online relationship ads.

Question 67

Research shows that hooking up is the result of more male students than female students on college campuses.

Question 68

__________ marriage was a form of arranged marriage practiced in China in which neither partner saw the other until the day of their wedding.

Question 69

Personal classified ads started out in the 1960s in countercultural or hippie newspapers.

Question 70

A ________ is what the bride's family pays to her future husband's family.

Question 71

Meeting a partner through a social club or party is an example of a closed field setting.

Question 72

________ is the expectation to marry someone from one's own race or religion.

Question 73

________ marriages occur when the bride, the groom, or both are coerced to marry under physical and emotional duress.

Question 74

The divorce rate for interreligious couples is significantly higher than for same-faith married couples.

Question 75

The _______ _________ function of dating is to find a stable relationship with another.

Question 76

The four primary functions of dating are ________, ________, ________ and ________.

Question 77

A ________ _________ is what a man pays to his future bride's family.

Question 78

Alternatives to dating include going out on group dates, which is called "pack dating."

Question 79

Dating in the workplace has declined due to employer restrictions on such behavior.

Question 80

Match.com is an introduction service.