Exam 6: Love and Choosing a Life Partner

Of the components of consummate love, which is the most gradual to develop?

Since the 1970s the proportion of marriages preceded by cohabitation has grown steadily so that, by 1995, this was true of a majority of marriages.

__________ refers to the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, sexual consummation, and the like in a loving relationship

According to the wheel of love theory, there are four stages in the development of love. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

__________ refers to being involved in a coercive sexual encounter with a date.

Everyone who enters the marriage market is equally available to everyone else.

__________ refers to marriage between those who are different in race, age, education, religious background, or social class

One of the things love isn't is __________, which involves maintaining relationships by consistently minimizing one's own needs while trying to satisfy those of a partner

The text points out that people have consummate love is the same as "good chemistry."

In June of 1967 (Loving v. Virginia), the U.S. Supreme Court declared that interracial marriages must be considered legally valid in all states.

Adults with a(n) __________ attachment style shun or evade emotional closeness.

Psychologist Robert Sternberg proposed a __________ theory of love.

Most couples meet for the first time in face-to-face encounters, but more couples today also meet through other means. Which ways were noted by your textbook?

Serial cohabitors are more likely to have all BUT which of the following factors, which are all related to divorce?

Love involves __________: an interpersonal process that involves the expression and sharing of emotions, communication of personal feelings and information, development of shared affection, support, and feeling closely connected with another person.

In 1967, in the case of Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

When a person from Thailand marries and person from China, this is an example of __________ marriage.

From a sociological perspective, the triangular theory of love is the only way of looking at love.

Briefly explain how exchange theory helps us to understand the "marriage market."

Differences will arise in a satisfying long-term relationship because no two individuals ___________.