Deck 13: Adult Sexual Relationships

Question 1

What correlation has been found to be related to cohabitation rates and financial status in the United States? 

A) There was an increase in cohabitations rates where both partners were employed. 
B) There was an increase in cohabitation rates where one partner was unemployed. 
C) There was in increase in cohabitation rates among couples with higher income status. 
D) No differences were found between cohabitation rates and financial status.

Answer 1

  B

Question 2

Which statement best describes racial/ethnic trends and exogamous marriage rates? 

A) In 25% of the unions the minority member was a man. 
B) In about 50% of the unions, the minority member was a man. 
C) In about 75% of the unions, the minority member was a man. 
D) In almost all unions, the minority member was a man.

Answer 2

  B

Question 3

Compared to a generation ago,how are those who get married in the early twenty-first century more likely to be described? 

A) older and about as happy with their marriages 
B) older and less happy with their marriages 
C) about the same age and more happy with their marriages 
D) about the same age and about as happy with their marriages

Answer 3

  A

Question 4

Why are older men more likely than older women to remarry after the death of a spouse? 

A) Men tend to marry younger women. 
B) Men are more likely to have familial support to remarry. 
C) Men maintain their physical attractiveness longer than women. 
D) Men tend to be in better health into later ages.

Question 5

According to John Gottman,what is the most important predictor of marital satisfaction for both men and women? 

A) quality of the friendship 
B) agreement on financial issues 
C) similar spiritual beliefs 
D) level of sexual satisfaction

Question 6

What percentage of Canadians living with partners are in common-law unions? 

A) 10 
B) 20 
C) 30 
D) 40

Question 7

What is the purpose of a "fake hymen"? 

A) to increase sexual pleasure for the male 
B) to increase sexual pleasure for the female 
C) to make a woman appear to be a virgin 
D) to make a woman appear to be more sexually experienced

Question 8

How many years does an average Canadian spend dating or in other relationships before they find a permanent partner? 

A) 5 
B) 10 
C) 15 
D) 20

Question 9

What has been found to be one of the most important factors in how someone recovers from a break up? 

A) the amount of social support they have 
B) if the relationship lasted less than six months 
C) how long the couple knew each other prior to their romantic relationship 
D) whether or not the relationship also included a sexual relationship

Question 10

How do the majority of people who engage in "friends with benefits" classify their experience? 

A) neutral or positive 
B) positive 
C) negative or neutral 
D) negative

Question 11

According to research,who is most likely to be open to multicultural dating? 

A) someone who identifies as Asian-Canadian 
B) someone who identifies as European-Canadian 
C) someone who identified as Jewish-Canadian 
D) someone who does not identify with strongly a cultural group.

Question 12

Why has "dating" on college and university campuses declined? 

A) Hooking up, casual sex, and "friends with benefits" have become more acceptable. 
B) There are more male students than female students. 
C) Most young people opt for serious relationships that they don't classify as "dating." 
D) Students rarely leave their homes, preferring instead to spend evenings on the Internet.

Question 13

According to the "half-age-plus-seven rule" what is the minimum age that a woman must be to be an appropriate partner for a 20 year old man? 

A) 17 
B) 18 
C) 19 
D) 20

Question 14

What is NOT a typical characteristic of those who most often report being open to interracial dating? 

A) politically liberal 
B) younger 
C) less religious 
D) politically conservative

Question 15

How has the age at first marriage in Canada changed since 1970? 

A) The average age has remained constant. 
B) The average age has increased. 
C) The average age has decreased slightly. 
D) The average age for men has increased while the average age for women has remained the same.

Question 16

Zander and Shelayne are in a committed relationship and have decided to move in together. What is the most likely reason for this decision? 

A) financial assistance 
B) to spend more time together 
C) to "test" the relationship 
D) pressure from family and friends

Question 17

What does the "half-age-plus-seven rule" indicate? 

A) Research indicates best outcomes when a person dates someone who is half their age plus seven years. 
B) This "rule" indicates a person should not date someone under half their age plus seven years. 
C) This "rule" indicates that couples tend to stay together longer when there is a larger gap between their ages. 
D) Research indicates that couples who have at least a difference of half their age plus seven indicate higher levels of sexual satisfaction in their relationships.

Question 18

Which statement best describes racial/ethnic trends and mixed-race marriage rates in the United States? 

A) Asian females are less likely than Asian males to marry a person of another racial/ethnic group. 
B) Black females are less likely than Black males to marry a person of another racial/ethnic group. 
C) People in the Midwest have a higher percent of mixed-race marriages than people in Southern states. 
D) White people are more likely than Hispanic people to be in mixed-race marriages.

Question 19

If a couple plans to marry but decides to cohabitate first,how does this affect the likelihood that they will later divorce as compared to couple who do not cohabitate before marriage? 

A) They are less likely to divorce. 
B) They are slightly more likely to divorce. 
C) They are equally likely to divorce. 
D) They are much less likely to divorce.

Question 20

Which statement best describes cohabitating couples in the United States? 

A) If they get married, they are less likely to divorce than couples who did not live together prior to marriage. 
B) They tend to cohabitate as a prelude to marriage, not as a substitute to it. 
C) The majority of couples who choose to live together prior to marriage are in homosexual relationships. 
D) They tend to cohabitate as a substitute to marriage.

Question 21

What characterizes sex within a lesbian couple as compared to sex within a heterosexual couple? 

A) Sex is more frequent and lasts longer. 
B) Sex is more frequent but lasts for less time. 
C) Sex is less frequent but lasts longer. 
D) Sex is less frequent and lasts for less time.

Question 22

While men traditionally receive more benefits from marriage than women,which benefit does recent research show now applies equally to married men and married women? 

A) physical health 
B) self-reported happiness 
C) mental health 
D) sexual health

Question 23

Andrew is married to Ruth and Pauline.Neither Ruth nor Pauline know about each other.What type of polygamy is this an example of? 

A) polyandry 
B) bigamy 
C) polygyny 
D) polygynadry

Question 24

What is an assumption made by people who participate in arranged marriage? 

A) Love comes from similarity. 
B) Love is not necessary for a happy marriage. 
C) Children are more important than marriage. 
D) Compatibility is not essential to a happy marriage.

Question 25

Which statement best describes extramarital sexual relations? 

A) Couples who live together are more likely to cheat than couples who are married. 
B) Lesbian women are more likely to cheat than gay men. 
C) There are no differences in the odds for cheating among those who are religious and those who are not. 
D) There are significant gender differences in the rates of cheating.

Question 26

How do same-sex relationships compare to heterosexual unions? 

A) They are associated with lower levels of relationship satisfaction. 
B) They are less affectionate. 
C) They involve less conflict. 
D) They have sex more often.

Question 27

Will and Haley are married.They and their best friends,Mark and Loren,belong to a group of five other couples who all engage in comarital sex.What label would be given to Will and Haley? 

A) polygamists 
B) clubbers 
C) swingers 
D) swappers

Question 28

Which statement best describes common findings related to comarital sex? 

A) Comarital sex was much more popular in the 1970s and has since been on the decline. 
B) Couples who engage in comarital sex often come from families where comarital sex was practiced. 
C) Those who engage in comarital sex reported higher levels of sexual satisfaction but less overall marital satisfaction compared to married couples who do not engage in comarital sex. 
D) Those who engage in comarital sex reported happier marriages and overall life satisfaction than those in marriages who do not participate in comarital sex.

Question 29

According to research,why do the majority of extramarital affairs occur? 

A) unmet sexual needs 
B) incompatibility of sexual drives 
C) unmet emotional needs 
D) more women in the workplace

Question 30

How do married people report the impact of affairs? 

A) Men rate sexual affairs more harmful than emotional affairs. 
B) Women rate sexual affairs as more harmful than emotional affairs. 
C) Men rate sexual and emotional affairs as equally harmful. 
D) Women rate sexual and emotional affairs as equally harmful.

Question 31

On a survey,who is likely to report the lowest level of overall happiness? 

A) Jan, who is heterosexual and married 
B) Justine, who is lesbian and in a long-term dating relationship 
C) Jacob, who is gay and in a legal marriage 
D) Jennifer, who is heterosexual and single

Question 32

Joe and Sharon have been married for 25 years.For the last five years they have chosen to no longer engage in sexual behaviours.What kind of marriage is this? 

A) consensual marriage 
B) asexual marriage 
C) companionate marriage 
D) celibate marriage

Question 33

In what year did same-sex marriage become legal across Canada? 

A) 2001 
B) 2003 
C) 2005 
D) 2007

Question 34

What is the most common form of polygamy in Canada? 

A) polygany 
B) bigamy 
C) polyandry 
D) polygynandry

Question 35

What are same-sex couples more likely to report in their relationships than other-sex couples? 

A) less intimacy 
B) more emphasis on physical attractiveness 
C) equal sharing of household responsibilities 
D) more problems with communication

Question 36

According to a telephone survey conducted in 2012,what percentage of Canadians supported same-sex marriage? 

A) 24 
B) 56 
C) 72 
D) 85

Question 37

What has research on sex within marriages found? 

A) Reports of more frequent sexual behaviour is correlated to higher levels of relationship satisfaction. 
B) Increased relationship satisfaction leads to more frequent sexual behaviour. 
C) More frequent sexual behaviour leads to higher levels of relationship satisfaction. 
D) The frequency of sexual behaviour is not correlated with relationship satisfaction.

Question 38

Which statement best describes how the United States compares to other countries in terms of engaging in sex outside of marriage? 

A) Less than 5% of all societies are as strict about forbidding extramarital intercourse as the U.S. 
B) The U.S. is within the top 10% of countries with the loosest standards related to sex outside of marriage. 
C) The U.S. is very comparable to the majority of other countries in relation to expectations about sex outside of marriage. 
D) The U.S. is one of only 20% of countries around the world that do not have any laws related to sex outside of marriage.

Question 39

What is the legal status of forced marriage in Canada? 

A) It is completely legal. 
B) It is legal as long as one spouse gives consent. 
C) It is legal as long as the female in the union gives consent. 
D) It is completely illegal.

Question 40

In what year did same-sex marriage become legal across all of the United States? 

A) 2001 
B) 2007 
C) 2010 
D) 2015

Question 41

Current research available on cohabitation makes it difficult to determine if couples who live together and later divorce would have been just as likely to divorce had they not lived together.

Question 42

Longer cohabitation has been found to be associated with higher likelihood of divorce in heterosexual couples 

Question 43

The number of cohabitating couples has decreased slightly over the last 10 years.

Question 44

Which type of polygamy is most closely associated with polyfidelity? 

A) polyandry 
B) bigamy 
C) polygyny 
D) polygyandry

Question 45

Gays and lesbians are twice as likely to be in a mixed race relationship compared to straight men and women.

Question 46

In which group did birth rates increase between 1990 and 2008? 

A) older women 
B) teens 
C) college students 
D) married women

Question 47

On average,married couples in which of the following conditions report the lowest levels of marital satisfaction? 

A) newly-married couples with no children 
B) couples with two young children 
C) couples with two teenagers 
D) couples whose children are grown

Question 48

Ten years following a divorce,what percentage of women think their decision to divorce was correct? 

A) 50 
B) 60 
C) 70 
D) 80

Question 49

Current research indicates that high school graduates are more likely to marry than those with college degrees.

Question 50

When choosing someone to date,a person's race has been found to be more important than his or her religion.

Question 51

It is much more likely for females from minority groups to be in exogamous marriages than males from minority groups.

Question 52

Couples who were already engaged prior to living together have the same chance of divorce as couple who marry without living together first.

Question 53

Which statement best describes divorce rates within the first 10 years of marriage in the United States for couples married in the 1970s and couples married in the 1990s? 

A) The percentage of couples that divorced within the first 10 years increased from 1970 to 1990. 
B) The percentage of couples that divorced within the first 10 years was about the same between both groups. 
C) The percentage of couples that divorced within the first 10 years decreased from 1970 to 1990. 
D) Because of changes in divorce laws, comparisons between these groups are not valid.

Question 54

What is the typical genetic similarity between two partners in a consanguineous marriage? 

A) 6.25% 
B) 12.5% 
C) 25% 
D) 50%

Question 55

What type of polygamy may help keep land inheritances intact? 

A) polygyny 
B) bigamy 
C) polyandry 
D) polygyandry

Question 56

Most married adults report that over time their marital satisfaction and happiness gradually decline.

Question 57

What proportion of divorced people remarry? 

A) almost none 
B) about 25% 
C) the majority 
D) all

Question 58

Which event can occur for heterosexual couples but not same-sex couples? 

A) pregnancy through surrogacy 
B) foster parenting 
C) unintended pregnancy 
D) adoption

Question 59

What are the two main reasons for entering a consanguineous marriage? 

A) political and social 
B) social and economic 
C) economic and religious 
D) religious and political

Question 60

Sexual satisfaction in short-term intimate relationships is a strong predictor of how happy a couple is in the relationship but it is not a predictor of happiness in long-term relationships.

Question 61

Explain the statistics and research findings between cohabitation and divorce and possible explanations for these findings.

Question 62

Discuss what is known about extramarital affairs,including common characteristics that someone who cheats might have compared to those who do not,what types of affairs there are,and how do they differ by both gender and impact on the marriage.

Question 63

Define consanguineous marriage and identify cultures where this practice is forbidden as well as cultures where this practice is encouraged.

Question 64

Discuss the possible reasons why societies have given preference to heterosexual marriage over same-sex marriage.Make sure to include references to the text.

Question 65

Legal marriage offers the same rights same-sex couples as both domestic partnerships and civil unions.

Question 66

Identify three ways that dating patterns and practices changed over the last 30 years in Canada.Be sure to reference information from the text.

Question 67

Discuss at least three factors that a matchmaker takes into consideration when arranging a marriage and explain what is expected from a husband and what is expected from a wife who enter into an arranged marriage.

Question 68

Identify three advantages and three disadvantages of cohabitation as discussed by the text.

Question 69

There is a higher percentage of married men than women who are over 65.

Question 70

Compare and contrast men's and women's adjustment to divorce.

Question 71

It is illegal for first cousins to marry in Canada.

Question 72

Couples without children tend to report higher relationship satisfaction.

Question 73

In most cases of divorce,the decision to divorce is mutual.

Question 74

Discuss four different types of polygamy.

Question 75

Explain what we know about marital happiness,gender,and race providing information from the text to back up your response.