Deck 5: Marital and Extramarital Sex

Question 1

According to the results in Chapter 5,

A)A majority of the people in all countries believes prostitution is never ok.
B)A majority of the people in all countries believes a happy sexual relationship is very important for a happy marriage.
C)A majority of the people in all countries believe it is never ok to have an extramarital affair.
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Based on the results in Chapter 5, how would you summarize the nature of extramarital
affairs?

Answer 2

no answer

Question 3

Since 1972, the percentage of Americans who believe extramarital sex is always wrong has

A)decreased.
B)increased.
C)stayed the same

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A majority of the respondents in the GSS believe that having an extramarital affair is

A)always wrong
B)almost always wrong
C)sometimes wrong
D)not at all wrong at

Question 5

Religious fundamentalists who are married

A)are less likely than moderates and liberals to have sexual intercourse weekly.
B)are more likely than moderates and liberals to have sexual intercourse weekly.
C)have about the same frequency of sexual intercourse as moderates and liberals.
D)do not answer survey questions about their sex life.

Question 6

Statistically speaking, couples with children living at home

A)have sexual intercourse as often as those with fewer or no children.
B)have sexual intercourse more often than those with fewer or no children.
C)have sexual intercourse less often than those with fewer or no children.
D)have sexual intercourse less frequently than those whose children are grown.

Question 7

Which of the following is the least likely standard for extramarital sex in a pre-industrial society?

A)a double standard that favors men
B)a double standard that favors women
C)a standard that is applied equally to both men and women

Question 8

Most of the married couples in the General Social Survey said their frequency of sexual intercourse is

A)not at all.
B)monthly or less.
C)weekly or more.

Question 9

Describe the overall trend in attitudes towards extramarital affairs since 1972.How would
you explain any change in attitudes that has occurred?

Question 10

People who describe their marriages as very happy

A)are more likely to have sexual intercourse weekly.
B)are less likely to have sexual intercourse weekly.
C)are neither more nor less likely to have sexual intercourse weekly.
D)the results are too inconclusive to answer this question

Question 11

With regard to the relationship between age and the frequency of sexual intercourse,

A)despite the popular misconception, the frequency of sexual intercourse does not decline with age.
B)the frequency of sexual intercourse declines progressively with age.
C)the frequency of sexual intercourse stays constant until age 64, and then begins to decline.
D)the frequency of sexual intercourse is highest from age 30 - 49.

Question 12

In comparison to people who say they have never had an extramarital affair, those who say they have strayed are

A)more likely to believe that extramarital affairs are always, or almost always, wrong.
B)less likely to believe that extramarital affairs are always, or almost always, wrong.
C)no more or less likely to believe that extramarital affairs are always, or almost always, wrong.

Question 13

What factors are the best predictors of sexual behavior for married couples?

Question 14

The results in Chapter 5 suggest that most extramarital affairs are with

A)prostitutes.
B)someone relatively unknown.
C)a friend.
D)the responses were evenly divided among all three categories.