Exam 7: Marriage, Intimacy, Expectations, and the Fully Functioning Person

When someone has too high expectations, they may "throw away" the real person in favor of:

Long-lasting commitment creates:

According to Wallerstein, one of the essential tasks of happily married couples is to:

Cox and Demmitt believe that families can develop a sense of history by:

Strong commitment to one's family should not mean the loss of individuality.

One of the major characteristics of the strong, resilient family is the desire to:

Phenomenology is the study of how people experience their world.

Extramarital affairs occur for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

There may be nothing more important for the well-being and optimal functioning of human beings than:

Self-actualization refers to:

The increase in the number of younger wives having affairs has been attributed to:

Describe a domestic partnership.

A typical ordinance that recognizes domestic partnership defines partners as:

Within a marriage, which type of needs to most adults NOT try to fulfill?

According to Cox and Demmitt, family interaction is:

Less than 50% of all Americans believe in faithfulness in marriage.

The state may consider a marriage invalid under certain circumstances, including when:

Frequently, ____________ gets confused with ___________, which can lead to disappointment in marriage.

In Western societies, the primary responsibility for assuring the legitimacy of children is assigned to the:

Compare the long-term extramarital affair with the short-term extramarital affair.