Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In
the 20th century the frequency of divorce has had dips and upswings associated
with:
a. | voter turnout in
federal election years | b. | historical events such as the Great Depression and World
Wars | c. | availability of
commodities and foodstuffs, as determined by the market economy | d. | the fecundity
rate | | |
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The
number of divorces per 1,000 population is the:
a. | refined divorce
rate | b. | crude divorce
rate | c. | demographic
divorce rate | d. | none of the above | | |
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3.
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Low
or deficient emotional qualities of marriage:
a. | tend to lead to divorce | b. | tend to lead to
divorce mainly among those who expect emotional satisfaction from marriage | c. | seem unrelated
to the divorce rate | d. | are unrelated to the divorce rate unless the reason(s) for low
emotional satisfaction are also directly related to some form of contact with the police or system of
incarceration | | |
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What
Bohannan called "emotional divorce" was associated with:
a. | levels of
psychological disturbance or anxiety prior to the divorce | b. | behaviors
exhibited in the courtroom when proceedings were underway | c. | divorce between
spouses who had strong feelings of whatever kind toward each other | d. | none of the
above | | |
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"Psychic divorce" refers to:
a. | an informal
divorce, such as manifests itself in the instance of common law marriage | b. | divorces that
take place "by proxy" in the way that some marriages formerly occurred by
proxy | c. | attempted divorce by going to a medium or other person claiming
special psychic powers, and achieving a mutual emotional/intellectual separation from the spouse in
this manner | d. | none of these | | |
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6.
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To be
successful a(n) _________________ requires a long period of mourning.
a. | mortality
divorce | b. | divorce that has been a long time in
coming | c. | economic divorce | d. | none of the
above | | |
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A
_________ study of divorce would have to study a cohort of married couples over a lifetime,
collecting and analyzing data for the entire period.
a. | longitudinal | b. | randomized | c. | stratified | d. | none of the above | | |
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"No-fault" divorce legally abolishes:
a. | the need for
expensive legal proceedings | b. | legal proceedings at all; the couple simply go their separate
ways | c. | the concept of
the "guilty party" | d. | marriage ties, but does not abolish economic
ties | | |
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"Displaced homemakers" are divorced women who:
a. | literally find
themselves out on the street, looking for new residence | b. | find that
someone else has taken their place in their ex-husband's affections | c. | are older,
full-time homemakers who suddenly find themselves divorced and without adequate
support | d. | are not given custody of their children; that custody goes to
the husband and/or to the husband's new partner | | |
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10.
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The
"sleeper effect" is found among:
a. | girls coming from divorced families | b. | divorced
wives | c. | teenage boys coming from divorced
families | d. | the timing of expenses related to getting divorced, about
two-thirds of which expenses arrive more than six months after the divorce is legally
granted | | |
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