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

Successful couples find a way to ____ in their relationship, and this is a very important determinant of marital satisfaction over longer periods of time.​

The divorce rate in second marriages is about ____ higher than for first marriages.​

For the most part, the relationships of gay and lesbian couples are markedly different than the relationships of heterosexual couples.

Of the following couples, which would you say would be the quickest to make a commitment and opt to cohabit the fastest?​

Marital _______________ is a subjective evaluation of a couple's relationship on a number of different dimensions.

The inability to let go of one's spouse following a divorce is called "divorce _______________." This can also lead to difficulties making new friends and starting to date again.

The teen birth rate in the United States of American experienced a slow and steady increase between the 1990s and 2005, but since then that rate has been decreasing.

Your textbook notes that the median age of marriage has increased by several years in the last four decades. Which of the following is a benefit of this delayed entry into marriage?

Ole and Lena are a cohabitating couple in Norway, while Jack and Diane are a cohabitating couple in the United States. Cross-cultural research would predict that​

Researchers define friendship ____ as the satisfaction that is derived from a relationship in which those involved influence one another's behaviors and beliefs.

Research into families in the Netherlands where there was a transracially adopted child from Columbia, Korea, or Sri Lanka found that one particular struggle for the child was​

Children who are raised by gay or lesbian parents are no more likely to experience problems or have psychological difficulties than those raised by heterosexual parents.

During middle age, if a woman initiates a divorce, she would most likely feel​

The effects of divorce are surprisingly similar for both members of the marriage. Research finds that the most common feelings experienced include all EXCEPT which of the following?​

African American homes often have parents who provide a cohesive, loving environment that operates with several different elements working together. Which of the following is NOT one of those elements, as identified in your textbook?​

Cross-sex friendships, though potentially problematic when jealousy becomes an issue, have been found to help women lower their levels of dating anxiety and develop a higher capacity for intimacy.

____ is an approach based on the idea that the more prepared a couple is for marriage, the better the relationship will survive over the long run.

One particular concern for single parents is _______________, due to insecurities over sexuality and uncertainty about how they should behave around their children in terms of having partners stay overnight.

An abusive relationship is defined as one where one person becomes aggressive toward their partner.

Research finds that people who remarry within one year after a divorce-so-called "rebound marriages"-are much more likely to go through a second divorce, in most cases within three years.​