Exam 14: Relationships Across the Lifespan

Gigi is a teenager who had sex for the first time with her boyfriend when she was 16 years old.What is Gigi most likely to report as her primary reason for having sex?

Despite experiencing marital dissatisfaction and divorce,what is one reason why people might choose to remarry?

Explain why researchers have started to study later-life relationships.

Why are differences in opinion between siblings more likely to result in aggression compared to differences among friends?

Amato and Previti (2003)found that divorced individuals described a number of reasons their marriages ended.What was NOT one of those reasons?

Describe four distinct groups of cohabiting couples.

Ursula hears her parents arguing regularly.The more she hears her parents argue,the more she becomes upset.Ursula's behavior can be attributed to which of the following?

You are conducting a study comparing communication among older and younger married couples.Milos and Anna are the least satisfied of the older couples participating in your study.Based on socioemotional selectivity theory,how would you expect their discussion of a relationship problem to differ from similar discussions among younger couples in your study?

You are out to lunch with some friends,and the conversation turns to the topic of sexual activity in adolescence.Your friend's opinion is that,for teenagers,"anything goes." Based on what you read in the chapter,how would you respond to your friend?

As an infant,Clarisse participated in a study where she was observed interacting with her mother.Researchers coded her mother's behavior during these interactions as involved and supportive.Now 16 years old,Clarisse has a boyfriend named Iain.Based on research about adolescents' intimate relationships discussed in the text,what would you expect about Clarisse's relationship with Iain?