Exam 11: Being With Others: Forming Relationships in Young and Middle Adulthood 

Many divorced single parents run into problems with

Discuss cross-cultural and cross-ethnic group divorce rates. Then describe how negative emotional expression and the lack of expression of positive emotions are related to divorce.

Based on statistics, which pair would you expect to have had the most past short-term relationships?

Most friendships are based on

Describe the assortative mating theory and hypothesize about how assortative mating occurs in online and speed dating.

Rates of abuse are higher in cultures that emphasize

Research on the biology of physical attraction suggests that neurochemicals related to ____ underlie the feeling of exhilaration that often is experienced when you fall in love.

Most marriages in the United States

In general, the same factors predict long-term success of couples regardless of sexual orientation.

The effects of experiencing divorce tend to be very short-lived if the child involved is in college.

In their cross-cultural study of mate selection, Buss and colleagues found that the characteristic of ____ showed the most variation as to whether it was important to mate selection.

An extended family consists of at least three generations.

About ____ percent of marriages in the United States involves "marriage for life" (i.e., no divorce).

Marina and Kevin have two children, one boy and one girl, and the four of them live together in one house. This type of family is called a(n)

When Anthony says, "I really don't want to take the new job in Minnesota, but the move would be the best thing for our family," he is exemplifying

Toni and Tim have just gotten married. Which component of love is most likely to be stronger 20 years from now than it is today?

Within a love relationship, the feeling that one can share one's thoughts and actions with another is referred to as the component of _______________.

Latino families are less likely than European-American families to be "two-parent" families.

Currently, ____ countries provide gay and lesbian couples with the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.

Part-time or limited cohabitation is usually undertaken because of