Exam 11: Sexual Behavior

A view of the stages of development of a relationship that involves balancing the rewards and costs of maintaining the relationship as opposed to dissolving it is ______ theory.

Describe the various methods of coping with marital conflict described in your text.

Each of the following is a risk likely to create conflict and endanger the stability of a marriage EXCEPT ______.

Married people have the highest rates of mental and physical illness in the population.

______ of children of divorce live with their mothers.

Today, about ______ percent of people aged 15 and above have never been married.

Explain what an intimate relationship is, and briefly describe Levinger's five stages in the development of a relationship.

Which of the following is NOT a factor that will contribute to the ending of a relationship?

An early study of the effects of stepparenting on middle-schoolers found that positive stepmother-stepchild relationships were associated with ______ aggression in boys and ______ aggression in girls.

The official term for cohabitors used by the US Bureau of the Census is ______.

Many people seeking romantic partners go from texting to webcam dates before actually meeting in person.

An intimate relationship is one characterized by ______.

Today, no fault divorce laws have been enacted in ______.

Summarize research findings on adjustment in stepparent families. How common are stepparent families and why is it important to understand them?

Later marriages are ______ first marriages to end in divorce.

The great majority of children of divorce live ______.

Small talk is a clumsy way to begin a new relationship.

Satisfied couples tend to display higher rates of pleasurable behavior toward each other.

In recent surveys, about ______ percent of men report that they have remained loyal to their mates.

To be able to truly negotiate differences in a marriage, ______.