Marriage and Family Test

have higher levels of satisfaction than those in noncommittal relationships.

reflects positive factors.

Commitment reflects stable factors

is a model.

feeling of ease and understanding of each other

disclosure of intimate feelings

need for each other to share pleasures, fears, laughter.

need for someone to love, confide in and for understanding

emphasizes the dynamic quality of love relationships

include: trust, caring, honesty, friendship, respect, loyalty,

triangular theory of love is composed of three elements, as the points of a triangle

Many authorities believe that the form of ____ that we form in later life has its roots in the attachments formed in infancy.

maintains that the degree and quality of attachments we experience in early life influence our later relationships.

is love that is not returned.

is an aversive response that occurs because of a partner’s real, imagined, or likely involvement with a third person.

1 are more likely to express anger, while 2.are more likely to suppress it and feel depress

Sadly, ______ love does not last forever!

affects our levels of intimacy, passion and commitment.

is based on commitment, caring and self-disclosure.

We select our partners from the ____ marketplace.

The _____ is a process where we exchange goods (ourselves) with a potential partner.

Traditionally, the males used his ____as the tradeoff for a female’s physical ___

However, females still lag behind males in

Overall there are more unmarried women than men:

refers to the tendency for women to marry men of higher status

Hatfield and Sprecher, ____ is the sole characteristic in every social interaction. It is most important during the initial meeting and early stages of a relationship.

-marriage outside a particular group

The halo effect is the assumption that good-looking people possess more ____ than unattractive people.

marriage within a particular group

tendency to choose a mote whose personal characteristics are similar to ours.

the tendency to choose a mate whose personal characteristics differ from our own.

-People who marry outside their ___tend to have a slightly higher divorce rate.

do not attract according to many of the recent studies.

people are drawn to each other before actual interaction. The attraction can be physical, mental or social.

Each weigh the other’s basic values in order to determine compatibility.

Each analyzes the other’s behavior.

stages of mate selection

are most likely to initiate a meeting directly

is living together without marriage.

refer to cohabiting heterosexuals, lesbian, and gay couples in committed relationships

It does not have much impact on marital success.

Generally parents’ beliefs do not have a strong influence on an adolescent’s decision to have sex. However, ____ is a key factor in preventing teenage pregnancy

most important source of modifying tradition sexual scripts

is a set of expectations of how one is to behave sexually as a female or male and as a heterosexual, lesbian, or gay.

1.sex is good and bad
2.don’t touch me down there
3.sex is for men
4.men know what women want
5.women should not talk about sex
6.women should look like models
7.women are nurturers
8.there is only one right way to experience orgasm

1.Men should not have feelings such as doubts.
2.performance is the thing that counts
3.the man is in charge
4.A man always wants sex and is ready for it.
5.all physical contact leads to sex
6.sex equals intercourse
7.sexual intercourse always leads to orgasm

1.sexual expression is positive
2.sexual activities are a mutual exchange of erotic pleasure
3.Sexuality is equally involving of both partners, and the partners are equally responsible.
4.Legitimate sexual activities are not limited to sexual intercourse but also include masturbation and oral-genital sex.
5.Sexual activities may be initiated by either partner.
6.Both partners have a right to experience orgasm, whether through intercourse, oral-genital sex or manual stimulation.
7.Nonmarital sex is acceptable within a relationship context.
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identities
Heterosexual-sexually attracted to members of the other gender.
Homosexual-sexually attracted to members of the same gender. (Gay-men. Lesbian-woman)
Bisexual-sexually attracted to both genders.

Many researches believe that a person’s____ is established by age 4 or 5.

erotic attraction to members of the same gender-

-publicly acknowledging one’s gayness.

Our society tends to discount the sexuality of the aged. One reason is that we associate___with youth.

is on of the least understood

sexual activities that involve only self.

-overtly sexual dreams

-most acceptable of all premarital sexual activities.

improving the quality of a sexual relationship.

-sex that occurs outside of marriage generally among single persons.

never-married adults under the age of thirty.

sexual interaction that take place outside the marital relationship.

married couples tend to have sex about three times a week

tends to diminish in frequency the longer the couple is married.

, in ____marriages, a partner is less likely to seek outside sexual relationships.

is the prevention of pregnancy using any number of devices, techniques or drugs.

is the termination of a pregnancy.