Exam 11: Sexual Behavior

Disagreement is destructive to a marriage.

The ending of a relationship is a bad thing.

The ability to recognize and manage emotions is called ______.

Most often, we meet potential romantic partners ______.

Of the following, the most common reason given for a divorce today is ______.

About ______ percent of cohabiting couples have children living with them.

A good mood heightens feelings of attraction.

Highly jealous people are frequently ______.

Researchers have found that about 35 percent of people report that they met their spouses ______.

About ______ women in the United States are raped or assaulted by their partners each year.

Feminist theorists view domestic violence as the product of ______ between men and women in our society.

Which of the following is NOT true of people we tend to marry?

The average American female today gets married at ______ years of age.

The majority of men list ______, and the majority of women list ______ as a major reason for having had an affair.

Exchanging name, rank, and serial number usually takes place during the ______ phase of a relationship.

The stage of a relationship in which we build common ground and test initial attraction is the ______ stage.

Discuss cohabitation in terms of the reasons for and types of cohabitation, and why it has increased in recent years. Also discuss the risks for divorce among those who cohabit prior to marriage and those who do not.

John and Mary have both reached a point in their relationship where they feel that the relationship is less desirable and less worth the effort it had once been. Their relationship has entered the stage of ______.

Positive stepmother-stepchild relationships are associated with higher self-esteem in ______.

Identify and discuss the positive and negative factors that affect each of Levinger's five stages in the development of a relationship.