Deck 5: Happy and Healthy Relationships

Question 1

Which of the following describes the challenges of establishing and maintaining relationships?

A) Online dating is the best way to find a partner and being in a relationship reduces depression.
B) Long distance relationships do not work and finding love means finding happiness.
C) Relationships get easier with time and people grow happier the longer they are with their partner.
D) No relationship is perfect and no long-term relationship is easy to preserve.

Answer 1

No relationship is perfect and no long-term relationship is easy to preserve.

Question 2

What method do sociologists use to measure the link between close relations and well-being?

A) Examining suicide rates
B) Examining marriage rates
C) Examining divorce rates
D) Examining census records

Answer 2

Examining suicide rates

Question 3

What method do sociologists use to measure the link between close relations and wellbeing?

A) Examining marriage and divorce rates
B) Asking married and unmarried people to report their experience of personal relationships
C) Asking married and unmarried people to report their feelings of happiness or satisfaction with life
D) Examining census records

Answer 3

Asking married and unmarried people to report their feelings of happiness or satisfaction with life

Question 4

What method do sociologists use to measure the link between close relations and well-being?

A) by only looking at people's mental and physical health, according to their marital status.
B) by looking at people's mental or physical health, according to their marital status.
C) asking married and unmarried people to report their experience of personal relationships
D) examining marriage and divorce rates

Question 5

What is Durkheim's argument on how social factors affect rates of suicide?

A) Socially attached people are less likely to kill themselves.
B) Socially attached people are more likely to kill themselves.
C) People will be more socially attached in the future.
D) People will be less socially attached in the future.

Question 6

According to Durkheim, who has the highest higher rates of suicide?

A) married men
B) married women
C) single men
D) divorced and currently cohabiting people

Question 7

According to Durkheim, who has the lowest rates of suicide?

A) divorced and currently cohabiting people
B) married women
C) single men
D) single women

Question 8

What is anomie?

A) alienation from one's intimate partner
B) experiencing excessive levels of social integration
C) the package of passionate experiences associated with the beginnings of an intimate relationship
D) a lack of norms or social integration

Question 9

Which of the following most accurately describes the health/well-being experience of being single versus being married?

A) Being single is better than being married.
B) Being married is better than dating.
C) Being married is better than being single, but worse than cohabitating.
D) Cohabiting is better than being married.

Question 10

What is true of unattached people in comparison to married people?

A) They are happier.
B) They are healthier.
C) They are less depressed.
D) They are at a higher risk of early death.

Question 11

For attached people, what does happiness and health depends upon?

A) income and education
B) the frequency and quality of sex
C) the quality of the relationship and how the couple gets along
D) the amount of time the couple gets to spend together

Question 12

Which of the following statements about committed marriages is correct?

A) Relationships satisfaction and happiness can take physical forms.
B) Marital problems are unrelated to various health problems.
C) They can do people a lot of mental and physical good.
D) They can do people a lot of mental and physical harm

Question 13

What is the impact of marriage on well-being for a person with a disability?

A) economic disadvantage
B) less life satisfaction
C) poorer health
D) economic and emotion benefit

Question 14

What is the impact of having a disability on the chances of getting married?

A) It increases the likelihood of getting married
B) It decreases the likelihood of getting married.
C) It neither increases or decreases the likelihood of getting married.
D) It increases the chances of divorce.

Question 15

Which type of disability most prevents a person from getting married?

A) Those with physical disabilities.
B) Those with psychiatric disabilities
C) Those with learning disabilities.
D) Those with cognitive disabilities.

Question 16

What is true about the relationship between disabled parents and joblessness?

A) They hold secure, high-paid, and full-time work.
B) They hold secure, low-paid, and full-time work
C) They hold insecure, high-paid, and part-time work.
D) They hold insecure, low-paid, and part-time work.

Question 17

Why does a good relationship increase health and longevity?

A) Because healthy people tend to partner with happy people which makes them happy as well.
B) Good relationships provide practical and emotional support which in turns improves health.
C) Because it increases the likelihood of having sex which is good for health.
D) There is no evidence that a good relationship increases health and longevity, it is merely a coincidence.

Question 18

How does intimacy contribute to the health of partners in a relationship?

A) financial resources
B) health protection
C) reduced life satisfaction and well-being
D) stress, anxiety depression

Question 19

Which of the following, compared to marital relationships, do cohabiting relationships experience?

A) They are longer lasting and yield more satisfaction.
B) They are longer lasting and yield less satisfaction.
C) They are shorter lasting and yield more satisfaction.
D) They are shorter lasting and yield less satisfaction.

Question 20

Which of the following do cohabiting couples experience?

A) They have shorter life expectancy than married or single individuals.
B) They tend to have more income and education than married individuals, but less income than single individuals.
C) They report much greater health and life satisfaction than married individuals.
D) They report less commitment than married individuals as well as greater conflict frequency.

Question 21

What benefits do cohabitating couples experience?

A) companionship with similar accompanying legal responsibilities of marriage
B) companionship without the accompanying legal responsibilities of marriage
C) provides different legal status for the couple than being married so there is no risk of a costly divorce
D) provides cohabitating couples with the same legal status as marriage

Question 22

What have sociologists discovered in terms of same-sex versus heterosexual marriages?

A) Same-sex marriages and heterosexual marriage experience very different kinds of marriage dynamics.
B) Same-sex marriages and heterosexual marriage experience the same kinds of marriage dynamics.
C) Same-sex marriages have higher satisfaction rates than their heterosexual counterparts.
D) Same-sex marriages have lower satisfaction rates than their heterosexual counterparts.

Question 23

Which of the following factors do same sex persons look for when seeking a partner?

A) That they match their partner in age, race, education, and income.
B) That their partner's age and race are different from theirs.
C) That their partner's education, and income are higher than their own.
D) That their partner's education, and income are lower than their own.

Question 24

What is the impact on same-sex couples who have 'come out'?

A) It damages to the long-term health of their relationship.
B) It enhances long-term health of their relationship.
C) It enhances support from friends and family for their relationship.
D) It is impossible in a modem society that remains rigidly homophobic.

Question 25

Which of the following factors most strongly affects the marital satisfaction for immigrant couples and is most likely to lead to conflict?

A) income and employment issues
B) parenting in a new social context
C) gender roles and responsibilities
D) immigration policies

Question 26

Which of the following factors are essential for marital survival during and after migration for immigrant couples?

A) frequency of sexual intercourse
B) having good quality employment
C) the ability to speak the official language of the host country
D) communication and trust

Question 27

Which of the following factors are essential for marital survival during and after migration for immigrant couples?

A) having had a loving relationship before immigration
B) having flexibility to adjust to change
C) the ability to speak the official language of the host country
D) having adequate income for survival

Question 28

Which theory argues that the arrival of children reduces the amount of time that wives have for themselves and their husbands?

A) restriction of freedom model
B) role conflict model
C) sexual dissatisfaction model
D) financial cost model

Question 29

Which theory argues that the arrival of children constrains family resources?

A) restriction of freedom model
B) role conflict model
C) sexual dissatisfaction model
D) financial cost model

Question 30

Which theory argues that the arrival of children increases the amount of sleepless nights, resulting in the disappears of privacy and romance for the couple?

A) restriction of freedom model
B) role conflict model
C) sexual dissatisfaction model
D) financial cost model

Question 31

Which theory argues that the arrival of children leads to couples adopting traditional or patriarchal gendered patterns of behaviour?

A) restriction of freedom model
B) role conflict model
C) sexual dissatisfaction model
D) financial cost model

Question 32

Which of the following explains why relationship quality declines with the arrival of children?

A) Parenting drastically reduces the time that spouses have for themselves and for each other.
B) Childrearing is an expensive task that typically reduces the family's material standard of living.
C) Husbands' roles are often reluctantly reduced to that of the bread-winner.
D) Many pregnancies are unplanned and hence, unwanted.

Question 33

Which of the following statements about children and relationship satisfaction is correct?

A) Parents become less concerned with leisure and relations with friends following childbirth.
B) The transition to parenthood often increases gender inequality in the relationship.
C) The reduction in sexual activity following childbirth only has a small impact on relationship quality.
D) Sexual activity typically returns to original levels after one year.

Question 34

At what stage in the marriage life cycle does relationship satisfaction reaches an all-time low?

A) before children are born
B) after children are born.
C) when children are teenagers.
D) during the "empty nest" period.

Question 35

At what stage in the marriage life cycle does relationship satisfaction reaches an all-time high?

A) before children are born
B) after children are born
C) when children are teenagers
D) during the "empty nest" period

Question 36

Which of the following statements accurately describes differences between love relationships and arranged marriages?

A) Arranged marriages "cool down" while love marriages "heat up."
B) Love relationships are more satisfying than arranged relationships at every stage.
C) Arranged marriages result in higher divorce rates than love matches.
D) Love marriages are more expensive to plan than arranged marriages.

Question 37

Which of the following factors lead people to marriage in Canadian society?

A) love
B) money
C) family
D) status

Question 38

Which of the following statements describes practices of sexuality with older people?

A) Most middle-aged and older people remain sexually active.
B) People in the United States reported to be more sexually satisfied than people
In Canada.
C) People in countries with less gender equality tend to be more sexually satisfied.
D) Japan ranked the highest in terms of sexual satisfaction.

Question 39

What is the most important form of intimacy in marriage?

A) physical
B) spiritual
C) emotional
D) sexual

Question 40

What do men see as "cheating" by a spouse?

A) flirting
B) emotional intimacy
C) having sexual fantasies of other men
D) sexual intimacy

Question 41

What do women see as "cheating" by a spouse?

A) flirting
B) emotional intimacy
C) having sexual fantasies of other women
D) watching pornography

Question 42

What does Hoffner (2008) argue is a modern-day obstacle to marital intimacy?

A) Proliferation of pornographic DVDs and online videos.
B) Proliferation of Internet chat rooms and other social media.
C) Proliferation of Internet blogs about relationships.
D) Proliferation of Self-help books about relationships.

Question 43

Which of the following is a reason that husbands generally report being more sexually satisfied than wives?

A) Men orgasm more frequently than women.
B) Men are more likely to have extramarital affairs.
C) Sex occurs within a gender-unequal society.
D) Women are often pressured into having sex.

Question 44

Which of the following health-induced strains increase marital dissatisfaction?

A) Taking care of a severely ill (chronic) partner for long time. If the ill spouse is responsible for causing his/her own health problems.
B) Taking care of a temporarily ill partner for short time.
C) if the caregiving partner also has a long term chronic health condition.

Question 45

What is an impact of couples avoiding marital conflict?

A) It makes no difference to couple satisfaction
B) It is unwise and unhealthy.
C) It is the goal of most marital therapists.
D) It is the hallmark of a successful marriage.

Question 46

Which of the following characterizes the communication style of less satisfied couples?

A) They tend to use idioms more often than satisfied couples.
B) Their communication tends to be non-verbal.
C) They avoid discussing important aspects of their relationship and just make small talk.
D) They only discuss important aspects of their relationship such as finances or their children.

Question 47

What happens to a couples' ability to resolve conflict as they age?

A) levels of negative characteristics (e.g., hostility) increase
B) levels of negative and positive characteristics are unchanged
C) average levels of positive characteristics (e.g., warmth, affiliation) increase
D) average levels of positive characteristics (e.g., warmth, affiliation) decreases

Question 48

Which of the following issues do couples argue most often about?

A) money
B) paid work
C) childrearing
D) household work

Question 49

Which of the following gender-based inequalities in the home occur after marriage?

A) continue at home, but ease at work due to the higher status of married women
B) continue at work, but ease at home due to the shared nature of close relations
C) continue at both home and work
D) ease both at home and at work

Question 50

Which of the following is a reason that the number of involuntary infertile couples have increased?

A) Canadian married men are waiting too long to have children, leading to degrading sperm quality.
B) Canadian married men are becoming infertile due to poor social and environmental conditions.
C) Canadian married women are delaying childbirth while they build careers, finding that they have left childbearing too late.
D) Canadian married women are becoming infertile due to poor social and environmental conditions.

Question 51

Which of the following is a reason that involuntary infertility creates marital strain?

A) The cost of fertility treatments is too high.
B) Family members place too much pressure on a couple to have children.
C) Each partner blames the other for being infertile.
D) Fertility treatments lead to a woman having multiple children at one time, creating too much caregiving work for the couple.

Question 52

Which of the following is an effective coping strategy for involuntarily infertile couples?

A) Going forward without taking advice and support, being self-sufficient.
B) Undertaking fertility treatments.
C) Redirecting life goals.
D) Criticizing the ineffectiveness of fertility treatments.

Question 53

Which of the following accurately defines "the empty nest" phenomena?

A) When a couple's children leave home.
B) When an older couple sells their house, and downsizes to a condo.
C) When an older couple separate, leaving one partner to live alone.
D) When children leave home, then return due to cost.

Question 54

Which of the following statements describes accurately the impact of retirement on marriage?

A) Retirement most often leads to a couple divorcing.
B) Retirement usually improves a couple's sexual intimacy.
C) Retirement results in a reduced life expectancy.
D) Retirement may reverse gender roles and reduce social support.

Question 55

Which of the following do couples in middle age (middle marriage) experience?

A) more anxiety about the relationship
B) mores desire for change in their marriage
C) more accurate understanding of the needs of their partners
D) less accurate understanding of the needs of their partners

Question 56

Which of the following occurs in marriages after both partners have retired?

A) experience lower social cohesion in the relationship.
B) power relations between the couple remain change.
C) power relations between the couple remain similar.
D) spouses have more independence in how they use their time.

Question 57

Which social group is experiencing unprecedented levels of domestic violence?

A) "White" women
B) Asian women
C) "Black" women
D) Indigenous women

Question 58

Which social group experiences the highest levels of domestic violence?

A) "White" men
B) Asian men
C) "Black" men
D) Indigenous men

Question 59

Which of the following refers to communication through posture, the direction of the gaze, and hand position?

A) verbal communication
B) written communication
C) nonverbal communication
D) communication patterns

Question 60

Why do women pay more attention than men to the underlying meanings of intimacy messages?

A) Women think with their left brain while men think with their right brain.
B) Societal expectations often make women responsible for regulating intimacy.
C) The media dictates how women should communicate and this is how they have framed it.
D) Women are more emotional and expressive than men naturally and therefore pay more attention to everything they hear.

Question 61

Briefly describe the three main ways in which sociologists have measured the link between marriage and well-being.

Question 62

Describe the link between anomie and the risk of suicide.

Question 63

Briefly describe three indicators of improved life satisfaction due to a good marriage.

Question 64

Based on research findings, discuss the strains of infertility on marital and couple relationships.

Question 65

Describe the connection between a double standard and gendered expectations when it comes to sexual desire in beginning marriages.

Question 66

Contrast two different ways that couples approach strain that can come from infertility.

Question 67

Some have argued a difference exists in terms of "heating up" and cooling off between love-based marriages and arranged marriages. Describe this phenomenon.

Question 68

Describe the relationship between sex and intimacy.

Question 69

Is there a link between a married couple's religiosity and their chances of remaining together regardless of financial hardship? Describe this.

Question 70

Compare and contract how men and women communicate differently in marriage and relationships.

Question 71

Discuss the impact of disabilities on spousal relationships.

Question 72

The authors of your text have identified four models that explain the decrease of marital satisfaction upon the arrival of children. Compare any three of these models.