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

Many men and women choose to delay marriage and to remain single longer so that they can focus on establishing their _______________.

Which of the following couples will have the lowest chance of having a marriage that lasts?​

In Sweden, research data suggest that ____ percent of married couples opted to live together prior to marriage.​

Eli and Hadassah have a relationship where they both experience an intense physiological desire for each other. According to Sternberg (2006), their relationship is high in​

The most common form of family in Western societies is the ____ family, which consists only of parents and children.​

Lola is thinking about having a child and asks you for advice. Use research presented in your text to describe positive and negative aspects of having children and positive and negative aspects of being childless.

_______________ divorce is a voluntary, contractually based alternative dispute resolution process for couples who want to negotiate a resolution of their situation rather than having a ruling imposed upon them by a court or arbitrator.

In some cultures, women may be killed by their brothers or other male relatives killing the victim because the relatives believe she has violated the family's honor.

Debbie and Jamie have been friends for many years. They know each other well, and even though they both have families and children they make it a point to get together, even just for coffee, at least once or twice a month. According to the developmental model of friendship discussed in your chapter, they are probably in the ____ stage of their friendship.​

A covenant marriage is one where there will be very few acceptable grounds for divorce.

What is one major reason why the divorce rate for remarriages is significantly higher than for first marriages?​

The Healthy Marriage Initiative is an example of marriage _______________, an approach based on the idea that the more prepared couples are for marriage, the better the relationship will survive over the long run.

Nearly twice as many ____ as European American remain single during young adulthood, and more are choosing to remain so.​

The concept of familism is uniquely valued by Latino families but no other cultures.

How has the median age of first marriage in the United States changed from 1970 to 2009?​

One important predictor of marital success is _______________, or the extent to which the couple shares similar values and interests.

Although they generally get along well and love each other very much, Jeanie and Randall decide to seek marital counseling to strengthen their relationship. Their therapist begins by asking them both questions about things like work, finances, their children, their communication, their sex life, and other dimensions of their relationship. This therapist is assessing Jeanie and Randall's marital ____.​

According to the US Department of Agriculture, a family in the middle income bracket who had a child in 20013 would spend approximately ____ on the child's necessities over the first 17 years of that child's life.​

In 2011, the country that had the highest rate of marriages ending in divorce was​

The concept of _______________ is used by some Muslim women in Malaysia to explain being unmarried due to the fact that they have not yet found their soul mate according to God's plan.