Deck 14: Intimate Relationships in the 21st Century

Question 1

Which of these factors is NOT a barrier present in computer-mediated communication?

A) it does not unfold in real time
B) it lacks nonverbal cues essential to communication, like tone of voice and facial expression
C) a greater sense of anonymity promotes less socially regulated behavior
D) all of the above are barriers

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Booth and Cheadle's (2005) research on the generational effects of divorce found that divorce in the first generation resulted in …

A) lower education in the second generation
B) poorer relationship adjustment in the second generation
C) lower education in the third generation
D) all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Many studies find that children of divorce …

A) engage in more high-risk behaviors
B) are more likely to get divorced themselves
C) are more conservative
D) A and B

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Depersonalization is common in computer-mediated interactions. According to Bargh and McKenna (2004), it results in …

A) reduced personal accountability
B) increased personal accountability
C) increased compliance with social norms
D) A and C

Question 5

According to Bargh & McKenna (2004), computer-mediated communication (CMC) produces …

A) deindividuation
B) reduced personal accountability
C) increased compliance with social norms
D) all of the above

Question 6

Stereotyping, interpersonal rejection, economic disadvantage, and outright discrimination of people who chose not to be married or in a committed relationship is referred to as …

A) conservativism
B) singlism
C) racism
D) ageism

Question 7

Same-sex marriage, legally recognized by the federal U.S. government in 2015, gives same-sex couples benefits that include

A) the ability to make medical decisions for each other
B) the right to file joint tax returns
C) the ability to adopt children
D) all of the above

Question 8

According to a survey in 2015, what percentage of newlyweds had married someone of a different race?

A) 0.01
B) 0.04
C) 0.12
D) 0.35

Question 9

Anti-miscegenation laws that criminalized interracial marriage were in effect in the U.S. until as recently as …

A) 1890
B) 1925
C) 1936
D) 1967

Question 10

Children of divorce …

A) are more likely to get divorced
B) are better at maintaining long-term relationships
C) live longer
D) all of the above

Question 11

The era of marriage born out of the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, and humanistic psychology is called the …

A) institutional era
B) companionate era
C) post-war era
D) self-expressive era

Question 12

The era of marriage characterized by ties based on affection and roles in which husbands were the breadwinner and wives focused on homemaking and childrearing is called the …

A) institutional era
B) companionate era
C) post-war era
D) self-expressive era

Question 13

Which of the following is a limitation to the algorithms used by dating websites intended to create romantic matches?

A) they take into account similarity
B) they measure many factors that go into compatibility
C) attraction and liking are based on people's perceptions of similarity, which is impossible for two people who have not met
D) they attempt to factor in complementarity

Question 14

The popularity and acceptance of online dating has ____ in recent years.

A) increased
B) decreased
C) stayed the same
D) first increased then decreased

Question 15

How does the anonymity of the Internet contribute to the formation of close relationships?

A) people perceive fewer risks in regard to self-disclosure
B) people feel like they can be their ""true"" selves
C) people project qualities of their close friends onto online dating partners
D) all of the above

Question 16

CMC produces ______ that reduces personal accountability and increases compliance with local norms.

A) social dysregulation
B) depersonalization
C) deindividuation
D) threat to identity

Question 17

The 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) …

A) made marriage the exclusive domain of a man and a woman
B) created new tax breaks for married couples
C) legalized same-sex marriage
D) made it easier for married couples to obtain firearms