Exam 11: Sexual Behavior

Compared to couples who do not cohabit before marriage, couples who cohabit before getting married are _______.

John and Mary live together as though they were married, but without legal sanction. This type of relationship is called ______.

Divorced men are more likely to remarry than divorced women.

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

______ domestic violence often stems from factors that affect their status in the relationship. ______ domestic violence often arises from the stress of coping with an abusive partner.

Today's divorce rate for first marriages is about ______ percent.

In the United States today, about ______ percent of Americans eventually marry.

Each of the following was found to be a predictor of marital satisfaction in the Snyder (1979) study EXCEPT ______.

______ theory views the stages of development of relationships as reflecting the unfolding of social interactions that involve the rewards and costs of maintaining the relationship.

Gay couples compose about ______ in nine unmarried cohabiting couples.

Identify and briefly explain the steps people can take to improve their date-seeking skills at the easy practice level, medium practice level, and target behavior level.

The most difficult aspect of divorce is likely to be ______.

People who are getting remarried, or who marry for the first time in later ages, are very likely to marry others who are very close to themselves in age.

Each of the following is true EXCEPT ______.

First impressions tend to become lasting impressions.

______ has become the hot new place for finding sweethearts.

The majority of children in the United States will spend part of childhood in a stepfamily.

The US government reports that the traditional family unit (married couple with children under 18) now comprises about ______ percent of American households.

Research indicates that ______.

Each of the following is true EXCEPT ______.