Exam 7: Premarital and Non-Marital Relationships

A(n) __________ theory of mate selection suggests that interpersonal attraction is facilitated when persons share or perceive themselves as sharing similar value orientations.

There is a general consensus among researchers that people tend to marry those whose needs complement their own.

According to census data, the greatest number of non-marital cohabitors are

Murstein sees dyadic pairing as a three stage sequence involving

According to the text, love has four dimensions: emotional, cognitive, relational, and behavioral.

According to some sociologists, instinct as a factor in partner selection appears to be

Researchers have shown that those who cohabit have a higher desire to marry and an increased likelihood of ever getting married.

In Sweden and Norway, non-marital cohabitation is an established institution in which these couples have basically the same rights as married couples.

Cohabitation is an incomplete institution.

The traditional social norm in the United States implied that the females' basic goal in the game of partner selection was to:

Studies suggest that scripts for dating today maintain the traditional dominant/subordinate relationship between the sexes.

Exchange theorists argue that if one person does all the giving and the other does not reciprocate, the relationship is likely to terminate.

According to the discussion of role theory found in the text,

Cancian has suggested that we are moving toward a more egalitarian form of love which she calls

In colonial days, the announcement to marry was accomplished by __________.

A value theory of mate selection suggests that

The partner selection process in the United States has been compared in the text to a

With role theory, the focus of attention is on behaviors and attitudes that are characteristic of the person, irrespective of the situation.

The Electra complex refers to a female falling in love with her father, but being unable to marry him, seeks a male much like him.

Explain what is meant by individualistic explanations of partner selection. What are they? Why do they appear to have little empirical support?