Exam 7: 2017 Marriage

The Netherlands first enacted a civil marriage law in

Personalizing a role by modifying or adjusting the expectations traditionally assigned to it is called

Only about 25 percent of Americans believe that extramarital sex is morally wrong.

The United States is considered a(n)__________ society, where romantic love is valued in marriage.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in the last 50 years, the marriage rate has __________.

Almost ________ percent of the never-married tell pollsters that they do want to marry.

The family as a social institution rests on the marriage premise of permanence and sexual exclusivity.

Considerable research supports the overall conclusion that growing up with married parents

Other societies, and past societies, tended to be more __________, where people identify with and conform to the expectations of their extended kin.

The text lists four interrelated characteristics that distinguish individualized marriage. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

Comparing children's well-being in married families with that of those in one-parent families, Linda Waite found that children from married families had several strengths. Which of the following is NOT one of her findings?

In Europe, requirements for women's sexual exclusivity emerged to maintain the ______ line of descent.

Policy advocates from a __________ perspective are concerned with the breakdown of the family including money spent on welfare.

_____ is a type of polygamy wherein a woman has multiple husbands.

What is the "marriage premise?"

In the United States, __________ remains the most socially acceptable-and stable-gateway to family life.

Middle-class Americans often dream of attaining "the white picket fence." That is, they see marriage as an opportunity for idealized domesticity within the "haven" of their own single-family home. Which marriage does this describe?

According to the ______ hypothesis, many of the benefits of marriage result from the personal characteristics of those who marry.

Some of the benefits associated with marriage are caused by the experience of being married, rather than the selection of a particular partner. Researchers call this the _________ of marriage.

At least among white, middle-class Americans, the husband-wife dyad is expected to take precedence over any others.