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LifespanDevOnlineAdultRelationshipsFall2022.pptAdult Relationships
Use this (fun) trivia format (run it as a slide show, from the tab up top!) to test yourself on your knowledge in this chapter. This is optional and not graded. Try to fill it in first– and then find the answers in your text.
- The theory of assortative mating states that people find partners based on their _____Assortative mating________ to each other.
- An ____________ relationship is one in which one partner becomes aggressive toward the other partner.
- People tend to have more friends during the _________ adult period than at any other time in life.
- Life satisfaction is strongly related to the quantity and quality of contacts with ______________.
- Passion, intimacy, and commitment are the three basic components of ______.
- Early in relationships, passion tends to be _______ and _________ and ___________ lower. This is called infatuation.
- The kind of _______________ relationships an individual has as a child influences the kind of partner relationships formed as an adult.
- Living with someone with whom one has a committed, intimate, sexual relationship is called ____________.
- ____% of women and ____% of men are single between the ages of 20 and 24.
- Similarity of _________ and __________ is called homogamy.
- According to the ___________ theory, marriage is based on each partner contributing something to the relationship that the other would be hard-pressed to provide.
- Part-time or limited cohabitation is usually for _____________ and ______________. No long term _____________; marriage is not a goal.
- Premarital cohabitation is usually a ___________________ and if it doesn’t end in marriage, the couple splits-up.
- Substitute marriage is a long-term commitment without _______________ and is more common with older couples who may lose financial benefits if they marry.
- Single ___________ have higher mortality rates and higher incidence of alcoholism, suicide, and mental health problems.
- In the U.S., cohabitation before marriage often results in _________ happy marriages.
- Women under the age of 20, at the time of their first marriage, are ____ times more likely to divorce than women who marry in their 20s and ____ times more likely than those in their 30s.
- Teen marriages are more likely to end in divorce partly due to the need for the development of a strong sense of ____________ before intimacy.
- Homogamy, or _________________________, __________ the chance of successful marriage.
- Marriages are ________ successful when one partner contributes more to the relationship than the other.
- Studies show that satisfaction with marriage is _________ in the beginning, _______ until children begin leaving home, and __________ again in later life.
- Married couples who do not pool their financial resources ten to experience ________ satisfaction with their marriage.
- Marital satisfaction ____________ shortly after retirement.
- _________ educated couples experience greater dissatisfaction with their marriage.
- The most important factor in good marriages is __________________.
- Seven Keys to Staying Married:
- 1. Make ______ for your relationship
- 2. Express your ______ to your spouse
- 3. Be there in times of ______
- 4. _______________ about problems in the relationship
- 5. Be _____________ in your spouse’s life
- 6. ___________ in your spouse
- 7. ________ minor offenses, try to _____________ major ones
- More than _____% of all pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned
- Childless couples have ________ standard of living and ________ marital satisfaction, but may be viewed negatively by society.
- Older parents are _______ at ease, spend ________ time with their babies, are _______ affectionate.
- Men who become fathers in their 30s spend up to ____ times as much time caring for their preschool children.
- __________ American husbands are more likely to help with household chores and child care than ___________ American husbands.
- Reasons men give for divorce:
- Reasons women give for divorce:
- People with ______ preoccupation with the divorced spouse adjust better to single life.
- Middle-aged individuals may have the ___________ difficult time after divorce.
- Even many years after the divorce, men are ______ likely than women to have positive relationships with their adult children.
- On average, men and women wait about _____ years before remarrying
- Remarriages have _____% higher rate of divorce than original marriages
- Remarriages involving stepchildren are ____ times more likely to end in divorce
- Women are ______ likely to initiate a divorce, but are _____ likely to remarry
- _________ is the most commonly reported cause of divorce.
- The divorce rate for remarriages is _________ than the divorce rate for first marriages.
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