Exam 11: Sexual Behavior

The sexual revolution ______ attitudes toward premarital sex, and it ______ attitudes toward extramarital sex.

The concept of like marrying like is called ______.

Describe the methods presented in your text for delivering and receiving criticism when trying to improve marital communication.

Each of the following has contributed to a rise in singlehood over the last few decades EXCEPT ______.

Women are ______ men to be violent in their intimate relationships.

Positive stepmother-stepchild relationships are associated with lower aggression in ______.

In a recent New York Times poll, about ______ percent of respondents reported that they were absolutely certain that their partners were faithful to them.

Rapid self-disclosure of intimate information is the best way to deepen a new relationship.

John and Mary have reached the phase in their relationship where they think of themselves as a couple rather than as two separate individuals who happen to go out with each other. They are in the ______ stage of their relationship.

Nearly half the adults in the United States have cohabited at one time or another.

About one in ______ children in the United States will spend part of childhood in a stepfamily.

A relationship characterized by the sharing of innermost feelings is ______.

Jim asks a person out on a date in a manner consistent with his behavioral rehearsal. This is most likely to occur during the ______ level.

Some deterioration is inevitable in any long-term intimate relationship.

According to the authors of your text, how many times (total) should you ask a person out if the person refuses your first invitation?

The term propinquity refers to ______.

The need for affiliation refers to the need for _______.

As a way of clarifying their expectations from a marriage, many couples now ______.

Women are less accepting of sex without emotional involvement than men are.

Cohabitation was once referred to as "living in sin."