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Chapter 7: Choosing Each Other



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

"Romantic love" is closest in meaning to which of these?
a.
poetic bargaining
b.
the heraldic code
c.
courtly love
d.
Napoleonic love
 

 2. 

The exchange theory of dating and mate selection is closest to which of these?
a.
leveling
b.
bargaining
c.
imaging
d.
emotionality
 

 3. 

The sex ratio is calculated in terms of:
a.
persons' levels of physical attractiveness
b.
kind of "batting average" regarding sexual conquests
c.
the extent to which men and women embody ideals of masculinity and femininity
d.
the number of males per 100 females
 

 4. 

"Imaging" consists of:
a.
presenting an unrealistically attractive one oneself to another person, hoping it will be taken as real, thus attracting and holding the other person
b.
trying to keep before one's mind a conception of the kind of person one wants to be, of how one wants to become, hoping in the near future to turn that into reality
c.
the process whereby couples troubled relationships try to keep "outsiders" from   becoming aware of the troubled couple's difficulties
d.
none of the above
 

 5. 

Mead's two-stage marriage consists of ___________marriage and parental marriage.
a.
affectionate
b.
quasi-
c.
individual
d.
nontraditional
 

 6. 

As traditional courtship progresses, ________ places less emphasis on the end result, marriage, than __________ does.
a.
the man; the woman
b.
homogamy; heterogamy
c.
interracial dating; interreligious
d.
getting together; dating
 

 7. 

Which of these is not one of the four common patterns of cohabitation?
a.
convenience
b.
testing
c.
emancipation
d.
habituated
 

 8. 

Research tends to suggest that women ________ more readily than do men.
a.
approach relationships nonrationally
b.
see the partner from unrealistically flattering perspective
c.
tend to fall out of love
d.
become relationship micro-politicians, manipulating aspects of the relationship
 

 9. 


Which of the following has been found to be most significantly associated with breakup after marriage has occurred?
a.
premarital pregnancy
b.
premarital birth
c.
disagreement about using/not using contraception, and if used, by whom
d.
sexual "imaging"
 

 10. 

According to the text, for teenage parents, babies:
a.
help cement an otherwise shaky relationship
b.
often keep the grandparents in contact with each other if/when divorce occurs
c.
usually serve as a test of whether or not the couple have a relationship worth keeping
d.
can interfere with the young parents achieving their educational and career goals
 



 
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