What is true regarding relationship

Homosexual couples experience fewer psychological benefits from legal marriage.

Intimate partner violence occurs more in heterosexual relationships.

The breakup rate for homosexual couples is higher than for heterosexual couples.

Same-sex and opposite-sex couples report less distress in legally-recognized relationships.

2. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. The evolutionary perspective argues that women tend to prefer mates with which characteristics?

tall

gentle

intelligent

handsome

strong moral character

good earning potential

3. Erikson once proposed that identity development was the primary psychosocial task of adolescence. Now it is the defining marker of emerging adulthood. Why?

Entering the workforce after high school has become more common.

The identity search process typically concludes in adolescence now.

Children are maturing into adolescents later than before.

The increase in college enrollment has pushed back identity formation.

4. How do heterosexual parents compare with same-sex parents?

Same-sex parents tend to coparent more equally.

Heterosexual couples shift more often from dual-income households to single-income households.

Homosexual couples shift more often from dual-income households to single-income households.

Opposite-sex couples tend to coparent more equally.

5. Based on contextual factors, which individual is at highest risk for committing intimate partner violence?

an employed man with three children and a wife who is employed

an unemployed man with a large family that can provide social but not economic support

a straight female who works in a male-dominated occupation

a gay man who experiences constant discrimination at work

6. Which is a predictor of divorce?

a couple's financial status

a couple's feelings about commitment

a couple's level of codependency

a couple's problem-solving style

7. According to Erikson, which psychosocial task involves making a permanent commitment to a romantic partner?

industry versus inferiority

identity versus role confusion

intimacy versus isolation

initiative versus guilt

8. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which are reasons that North American adults give for having children?

getting tax credits

developing a parent-child bond

securing a stronger marital relationship

having fun

learning experiences

9. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. In which ways do the children of homosexual parents differ from the children of heterosexual parents?

social development

psychological adjustment

family formation

gender identity

sexual orientation

10. How do opposite-sex friendships progress in adulthood?

Men typically view their opposite-sex friendships as sibling-like relationships.

Women and men tend to view their opposite-sex friendships as status symbols in adulthood.

Men and women tend to maintain their opposite-sex friendships after marriage.

Women usually have more opposite-sex friendships in adulthood.

11. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which are explored when developing a sense of ethnic identity?

education

gender

attitudes

values

culture

12. Adults who describe themselves as "single by choice" tend to see themselves as ______.

undesirable

independent

lacking in some way

better than most other mate choices

13. What is the primary challenge never-married mothers often face?

finding a mate

financial hardship

discrimination

stigmatization

14. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which behaviors are characteristic of political identity?

attending church services

voting

volunteering

staying informed

exploring one's culture

15. Research has not found any social or emotional differences between same-sex couples whose marriages are legally sanctioned and those whose marriages are not.

True

False

Ch 15

1. An individual remembers a series of vocabulary words. What is this an example of?

Flynn effect

cohort effects in intelligence

crystallized intelligence

fluid intelligence

2. What does the wear and tear theory propose?

We need to maintain our bodies to slow aging.

Our bodies age over time and tire from function.

Our bodies are programmed at birth for when organs will fail.

We need to be careful to move around less as we age.

3. What is the relationship between attention and memory decline?

As our ability to tune out irrelevant information decreases it reduces the performance of our memory system.

As our ability to pay attention increases we have too much to remember and memory slows.

As our ability to pay attention increases we are able to remember more because less information is coming in.

As our ability to tune out irrelevant information increases it increases the performance of our memory system.

4. How do Eastern cultures view romantic relationships?

Romantic relationships are more focused on responsibilities to commitment and society as a whole.

Romantic relationships that are committed are viewed as the primary means of expressing love and passion in society.

Romantic relationships tend to focus more on the passion than the companionship because they are often arranged.

Romantic relationships result in continuation of that society and are very important based on its contribution.

5. Which of the following is an example of crystallized intelligence?

analyzing an issue

solving a dilemma

calculating a math problem

identifying a need

6. A woman complains to her husband that she has more wrinkles than him but does not go out in the sun. Why is this?

Testosterone provides males with extra toughness to the skin.

The dermis layer of the male is thinner which allows more flexibility.

Estrogen is reduced, which increases aging of the skin.

The dermis layer of the female increases fat which loosens the skin.

7. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following is true about middle-aged memory systems?

retrieval increases

elaboration declines

organization declines

memory for process increases

ability to recall declines

8. What occurs in the body with cancer?

New cells are not formed causing aging cells to have to do all work.

Abnormal cell growth outpaces normal cell growth.

Cells are prevented from undergoing cell division.

Foreign bacteria kill cells.

9. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What helps middle-aged adults information processing capacities?

practice dividing attention

increasing age

experience multitasking

inhibition of information

expertise in focusing attention

10. Which task would a middle-aged individual likely perform better than someone in early adulthood?

perceptual speed

rotating an object in the mind

learning a new language

reasoning through induction

11. Which of the following is a stressor of the sandwich generation?

working to meet deadlines and high executive jobs

struggling to pay the bills with low-paying jobs

caring for an older generation and a younger generation

juggling work in children at the same time

12. A woman in her early 50s notices that her menstrual cycle is lasting 2 days less than normal. She also begins to feel hot flashes. What is she likely experiencing?

osteoporosis

menopause

perimenopause

menarche

13. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. What is an example of fluid intelligence?

identify a problem

describe a problem

identify a spelling word

find an alternative solution

write a sentence

14. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following is a symptom of diabetes?

increased thirst