Exam 16: Remarriage: a Growing Way of American Life

Research indicates that opposite-sex biological siblings tend to be sexually involved with each other much more frequently than opposite-sex adolescent stepsiblings.

Compare the dating and courtship process for divorced and never-married people.

Five years ago, Dave married a widow with children. He has grown to love the children as his own and they think of him as a father. Given the circumstances, Dave is more likely to:

Divorced people are less likely to cohabitate than those who have never been married.

Steve has recently married a woman with children from a previous marriage. The oldest child, Benjamin, is showing signs of resentment and hostility towards Steve. Benjamin is probably:

A remarriage between divorced persons is more difficult than a first marriage for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

The immediate effect of divorce on relative interaction is:

Sexual relations between members of blended families are regulated by:

Stepparents should deal with the sexual fantasies of stepchildren by encouraging them to:

Originally the term "step" in stepfather and stepmother meant:

All 50 states now grant some third-party visitations by grandparents.

Men tend to remarry more frequently and more quickly than women.

Newly divorced individuals are vulnerable to sexual exploitation.

The doctrine of "in loco parentis" allows stepparents to:

The majority of divorced persons do not remarry.

Megan and her husband are recently divorced. If Megan decided to begin dating again, she will have the best chance of finding someone new if she:

Summarize why the remarriage between divorced persons is more difficult that a first marriage.

The law assumes that the biological parents of stepchildren will supply the support.

Most remarriages in past centuries occurred because of:

Women who have children living with them are: