Marriage And Family Test 2

Front 1

What are some 'new terms' for dating?

Back 1

courting, hanging out, hooking up, talking, going out, going steady.

Front 2

• What are some of the ‘rules’ (Do’s and Don’ts) in dating

Back 2

- don't jump into a quick commitment.
- don't go out with someone you are not interested in
- don't stick to "your type"
- Do be willing to take some sacrifices.

Front 3

Textbook definition of Dating

Back 3

A form of courtship [the wooing (gaining of one's affection) of one person by another] involving a series of appointed meetings for social interaction and activities during which an exclusive relationship may evolve between two people. Also called individual-choice courtship.

Front 4

Dr. Craven’s favorite definition of dating:

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Dating- A relational ‘process’ (exclusive or non-exclusive) in which two individuals meet to engage in ‘social activities’ by which the needs and goals of ‘EACH’ person are met.

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Definition of process

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movement from one point to the next; movement in an orderly fashion; a series of actions that leads to a particular ending, result, decision, or conclusion.

Front 6

what percent of people in a relationship introduced themselves?

Back 6

42%

Front 7

What percent of couples were introduced by friends?

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36%

Front 8

What percent of couples were introduced?

Back 8

11%

Front 9

What percent of couples were introduced by coworkers?

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8%

Front 10

What percent of couples were introduced by parents?

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8%

Front 11

What percent of couples are introduced by others?

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3%

Front 12

What percent of couples met at school?

Back 12

22%

Front 13

What percent of couples met at work?

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21%

Front 14

What percent of couples met at recreational/entertainment or sporting event?

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20%

Front 15

What percent of couples met at structured social events?

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20%

Front 16

Functions/purposes of dating

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1) Manifest 2) Latent 3) recreation/fun/pleasure 4) learn about the opposite sex 5) express cultural norms
6) to help meet one's psychological need 7) serves as a status activity (rite of passage)

Front 17

Functions/purposes of dating cont.

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8) of developing deeper and more intimate relationships
9) of developing good human relationship skills.
10) to find/decide on a marriage partner

Front 18

What are people looking for in dating partners?

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physical attractiveness, personality, conversational ability, companionship, someone who meets psychological needs.

Front 19

Forces of Homogamy vs. Heterogamy

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Alike vs. Unlike
The people who are more alike rate their relationship as happier and in the long term they stay together longer.

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Predisposition

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(Ideal Mate Image) who and why are you looking for in a relationship?

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Perception

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(cognitive interpretation) "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" an interpretation of the information that you receive in your head

Front 22

What are elements of Physical attractiveness?

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Forces of Homogamy vs. Hetergoamy, predisposition, perception,

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Elements of Personality

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Intelligent, sense of humor, manners, common sense

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Intelligent

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you can be socially and emotionally intelligent

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Sense of Humor

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Breaks up the Stress

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Manners

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Says something about your character

Front 27

Elements of Conversational Ability

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motivated to communicate, ability to express oneself, good listener, most important to females,

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Elements of companionship

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- Attend social events
- Participate in recreational activity
- share in common interests
- This one is more important to men

Front 29

What are some of the psychological needs people want to find in a spouse?

Note Card 1

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o A reliable alliance (feeling of trust and dependence)
o Emotionally supportive (Person genuinely cares, sensitive, kind, values, understands, is war, and responsive)

Front 30

What are some of the psychological needs people want to find in a spouse?

Note Card 2

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o Provides assistance and physical support (sharing of tasks and responsibilities)
o Validating (obtaining approval-acceptance of perceptions, feelings, values, philosophy, family, friends, needs, goals, etc.)

Front 31

What are people looking for in a marital partner?

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- all qualities listed for dating
- personality, work consciousness, sociability, psychological stability, physical attractiveness

Front 32

Aspects of personality

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honesty
sincerity
genuineness
- all have the common denominator of truthfulness

Front 33

How are honesty, sincerity, and genuineness related?

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- Honesty- truthful in their words
- Sincerity- truthful in their feelings
- Genuineness- truthful in their actions

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Aspets of work consciousness

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ambitious
responsible
financial security
displays integrity-character

Front 35

Aspects of sociability

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• Fidelity
• Patient (understanding, kind, cooperative)
• Affectionate (warmth)

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Aspects of psychological stability

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• Intelligence (mental, emotional, social)
• Capable of Infusing and Producing accurate emotion responses
• Sense of well being (stability and positive self-worth)
• Blend/Balance of realism and positiveness

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Aspects of physical attraction (in marriage)

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• Perception (again, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”)
• Pride in Personal Grooming (hygiene and fashions)
• “Insightful” and “Expressive” Partner

Front 38

Definition of Concern

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To be of importance, matter for consideration, marked interest or regard

Front 39

What are some consequences of crossing the line sexually

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o STDs
o Pregnant
o It will follow you the consequences linger.
o Guilt
o It changes the relationship between the couple

Front 40

Scientists agree that the following three dimensions are central for understanding family dynamics:

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cohesion, flexibility, communication.

Front 41

If a family scientist argues that couples and families are unique and should be studied independently of other couples and families, the scientist is using which approach?

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idiographic

Front 42

What is true about family time together?

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Family rituals are linked to positive family outcomes.

Front 43

What is an example commitment from the family strengths model?

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sexual fidelity

Front 44

What was the most frequent response of schoolchildren to the question, "What do you think makes a happy family?"

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doing things together

Front 45

What is an example of positive communication in the family strengths framework?

Back 45

talking and listening just to stay connected

Front 46

Which theory would suggest that information in this textbook has been influenced by the authors' experiences?

Back 46

Postmodern

Front 47

The symbolic interaction framework focuses on which aspect of family life?

Back 47

learning roles

Front 48

A family with authoritarian leadership and stable family roles is an example of which type of family?

Back 48

rigid

Front 49

What role does communication play in the Couple and Family Map?

Back 49

Communication facilitates movement between dimensions of the model.

Front 50

T/F
Family development theory is an ecological approach to the family.

Back 50

False

Front 51

T/F
Therapists using the family strengths framework provide troubled families with a model of a healthy family as a goal.

Back 51

True

Front 52

T/F

Strong families cope with stress by looking for opportunities for growth in the process.

Back 52

True

Front 53

T/F
Researchers found that spirituality was an important family strength for families of all ages.

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True

Front 54

T/F

"Mind reading" is a valuable asset to positive communication.

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False

Front 55

T/F
Humor can be used both positively and negatively in family communication.

Back 55

True

Front 56

T/F
Negative feedback is unhealthy in families.

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False

Front 57

T/F
Family development theory describes how families change during their lives.

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True

Front 58

T/F
Change in family leadership or roles is not good for families.

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False

Front 59

T/F
There is little research to support the main assumptions behind the Couple and Family Map.

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False

Front 60

What kind of love lacks intimacy, according to the love triangle?

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fatuous love

Front 61

Whose perspective on love suggests that love can be an addiction?

Back 61

Peele

Front 62

In a study using ENRICH, the most significant differences between high-intimacy couples and low-intimacy couples showed up in which three categories?

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conflict resolution, communication, sexual relationship

Front 63

Consummate love contains:

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passion, intimacy, commitment

Front 64

Feeling close to and sharing one's self with another is called:

Back 64

intimacy.

Front 65

Which ethnic group has the highest percentage of people who choose not to marry?

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African Americans

Front 66

Which component of Sternberg's love triangle is characterized by a mature relationship in which most areas are open for discussion and sharing?

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intimacy

Front 67

The fact that fewer individuals are remarrying after a divorce suggests that:

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society is more comfortable with persons living a single lifestyle.

Front 68

Jealousy can be

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self-defeating.

Front 69

Which group is the most likely to remain single?

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first-born females

Front 70

T/F

Davis and Todd found that friends tend to be more accepting of one another than lovers are.

Back 70

True

Front 71

T/F

Ambivalent feelings and conflict are more common in love relationships than in friendships.

Back 71

True

Front 72

T/F
Intimacy games are destructive.

Back 72

False

Front 73

T/F
Intimacy rarely declines in marriage.

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False

Front 74

T/F

Intimacy games are played by couples and not by parents and children.

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False

Front 75

T/F

Individuals who consciously do positive things for their partners often find their partners responding in similar ways.

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True

Front 76

T/F

James Dobson suggests that demonstrations of independence in a relationship can increase intimacy.

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True

Front 77

T/F

People who have experienced divorce in their family are likely to have negative attitudes about marriage.

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True

Front 78

T/F
Women who remain single often have above average intelligence.

Back 78

True

Front 79

T/F

Over one-quarter of men and women choose to stay single.

Back 79

True

Front 80

Parent-arranged marriages are based on:

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a belief that elders in the community will make a wise match.

Front 81

One of the effects of industrialization on marriage is:

Back 81

more freedom for women to make marriage decisions.

Front 82

In the United States, what is the major factor in choosing a date?

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physical attraction

Front 83

Compared to personal ads, dating services are:

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more expensive.
safer
more discreet.

Front 84

The mating gradient is the tendency for:

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a woman to marry a man who is better educated or more successful than she is.

Front 85

The practice of choosing a mate from outside one's group is called:

Back 85

exogamy.

Front 86

Which theory suggests that people become attracted to each other for an initial reason and then test their compatibility?

Back 86

Stimulus-value role theory

Front 87

Which type of cohabitation is used by a person who prefers a relationship with anyone to being alone?

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Linus blanket

Front 88

Between 1970 and 2008, the number of unmarried couples living together increased from 500,000 to _______.

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6.8 million

Front 89

T/F
College students are moving away from traditional dating to a greater variety of activities.

Back 89

True

Front 90

T/F
Much of the non-industrialized world still practices parent-arranged marriages, but there is a global movement toward individual choice in mate selection.

Back 90

True

Front 91

T/F

Parent-arranged marriages tend to strengthen and reinforce community life.

Back 91

True

Front 92

T/F

Economic status has very little to do with the movement away from arranged marriages.

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False

Front 93

T/F

Dating (as an activity) emerged with the industrialization of American society.

Back 93

True

Front 94

T/F

Older Americans tend to be more creative and do more varied things on dates than their adolescent counterparts.

Back 94

True

Front 95

T/F

It appears women from divorced families are more eager to marry and to marry sooner.

Back 95

True

Front 96

T/F
Ethnicity and race no longer affect marital patterns in the United States.

Back 96

False

Front 97

T/F

Women place a higher premium on physical attraction in a relationship than men.

Back 97

False

Front 98

T/F

If a person is violent during dating, he or she is likely to be violent in the marriage.

Back 98

True

Front 99

Family Flexibility

Back 99

A family's ability to change and adapt in the face of stress or crisis; one of the three dimensions of the Couple and Family Map

Front 100

Family Cohesion

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The togetherness or closeness of a family; one of the three dimensions of the Couple and Family Map

Front 101

Family Science


Note Card 1

Back 101

An interdisciplinary field whose primary focus is to better understand families in order to enhance the quality of family life. Professionals whose main focus of applied or action research is the family tend to call themselves family scientists;

Front 102

Family Science


Note Card 2

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those who develop educational programs for families sometimes call themselves family life educators or family educators; those who work clinically with troubled families are called marriage and family therapists

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Family System

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One of the four major components of the sociocultural context in which families live; focuses on the interconnectedness of family members

Front 104

Role

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the expected behavior of a person or group in a given social category, such as husband, wife, supervisor, or teacher

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Self-Disclosure

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Revealing to another person Personal information or feelings that that individual could not otherwise learn

Front 106

Intimacy

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Sharing intellectually,physically , and/or emotionally with another person; the emotional component of Sternberg's three dimensions of love

Front 107

Passion

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Intense physiological arousal; the motivational component of Sternburg's three dimensions of love

Front 108

Liking

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a type of love relationship characterized by intimacy but lacking passion and commitment

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Infatuation

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a tie of love relationship characterized by passion and lacking both intimacy and commitment

Front 110

Jealousy

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The condition of being resentful and suspicious of a rival

Front 111

empty love

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a type of love relationship involving commitment but no passion or intimacy

Front 112

romantic love

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a type of love relationship characterized by intimacy and passion but lacking commitment

Front 113

Compassionate love

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a type of love relationship characterized by commitment and intimacy but lacking intense passion; common between partners who have been together for many years

Front 114

Consumate love

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a type of love relationship characterized by commitment, intimacy, and passion

Front 115

singlehood

Back 115

the state of being unmarried, divorced, or unattached to another person

Front 116

Dating

Back 116

a form of courtship involving a series of appointed meetings for social interaction & activities during which an exclusive relationship may evolve between two people.

Front 117

Homogamy

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the tendency to marry someone of the same ethnic group, educational level, socioeconomic status, religion, & values

Front 118

Sex ratio-

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the relationship between the number of men & the number of women of a given age

Front 119

Endogamy-

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the practice of choosing a mate from within one’s ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, or general age group.

Front 120

Exogamy-

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the practice of choosing a mate from outside one’s own group

Front 121

Mutual dependency

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a relationship in which each person wants & needs the other person

Front 122

Mating gradient

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the tendency of women to marry men who are better educated or more successful than they are

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Intimacy need fulfillment

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the satisfaction one receives from having personal needs fulfilled

Front 124

Rapport

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the process of communication in which two people develop understanding & a sense of closeness

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Self-revelation

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the disclosing of personal information about oneself