Intimate Relationships Practice Exam
Course Introduction
This course explores the dynamics of intimate relationships, focusing on romantic partnerships, friendships, and family bonds. Students examine theoretical frameworks and empirical research to understand the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of close relationships. Topics include communication, attraction, attachment, love, sexuality, conflict resolution, and the impact of culture and socialization. Through lectures, discussions, and case studies, students gain insights into the psychological and social factors that shape intimacy and learn skills to cultivate healthy, meaningful connections.
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Marriages Families and Intimate Relationships 3rd Edition by Brian K. Williams
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Chapter 1: Seeking: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World
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Q1) Happiness can be influenced by one's ethnic culture.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Sociological research indicates that approximately two-thirds of married couples who reported being unhappy said they were happy five years later.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The majority of Native Americans live on reservations in the U. S. today.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) A child can live in a binuclear and blended family at the same time.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Understanding: Learning About Intimate Behavior
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Q1) Mindfulness is characterized by entrapment in old categories, automatic behavior, and acting from a single perspective.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The structural-functional perspective states the family is shaped by the interactions exchanged with other family members.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A disadvantage to using survey and clinical research is that results may not be applicable to the larger population.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) List and discuss the eight stages in the family development perspective as outlined by researcher Evelyn Duvall.
Answer: The eight stages should be identified and discussed.
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Chapter 3: Gender: the Meanings of Masculinity Femininity
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Q1) The ________ are the liberal branch of the men's movement that agrees with feminist women that patriarchy creates a sexist society.
Answer: profeminists
Q2) Both males and females have the same sex hormones, just in different amounts. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Identify and discuss two types of sexual harassment. Give an example of each.
Answer: The students should assert that sexual harassment as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court includes quid pro quo or tangible economic injury and hostile work environment and should provide examples of each kind.
Q4) Define gender schema theory. Illustrate how gender schema influenced your own childhood perceptions of gender.
Answer: The student should identify that schema is defined as creating mental categories for organizing our perceptions of the world. Boys and girls create gender schema to help them understand how boys and girls are to behave. Discussion should include application to the student's childhood.
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Chapter 4: Involvement: Dating, Pairing, Courtship
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Q1) Having casual sexual encounters without commitment is called ________.
Q2) Personal classified ads started out in the 1960s in countercultural or hippie newspapers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which response to deteriorating relationships is most useful? Support your answer.
Q4) An example of closed courtship is arranged marriages.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify and discuss the six functions of dating.
Q6) The most typical response of men to deteriorating long-term relationships is the A)neglect response.
B)voice response.
C)exit response.
D)loyalty response.
Q7) According to the text, an advantage of online dating is that you can meet mates from long distances.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Love: the Many Faces
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Q1) The first stage in the wheel theory of love is
A)mutual dependency.
B)self-revelation.
C)intimacy need fulfillment.
D)rapport.
Q2) The most important variable people look for in online dating sites is _________.
Q3) Discuss the history of romantic love.
Q4) Romantic love grew out of the
A)beliefs of the ancient Greeks.
B)courtly traditions of Chinese royalty.
C)religious beliefs of India.
D)ideas conceived during the Middle Ages in Europe.
Q5) Eros
A)tends to fade over a period of time.
B)is an intensely passionate love where people believe in "love at first sight."
C)is usually replaced by companionate love.
D)All of the above
Q6) In the triangular theory of love, the perfect relationship is called ________.
Q7) Identify and discuss three forms of controlling behavior. Give an example of each.
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Chapter 6: Communication: Realizing Effective Intimacy
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Q1) ________ means being specific and authentic about how you feel in your relationship.
A)Gaslighting
B)Gunnysacking
C)Leveling
D)Self-disclosure
Q2) When females ________ in their communication style, men tend to withdraw.
Q3) When a partner feels neglected by the other and thus embarks on a series of affairs, the partner who feels neglected is really engaging in conflict over the issue of A)loyalty.
B)nurturance.
C)power.
D)privacy.
Q4) Which of the following types of counselors is an M.D.?
A)clinical psychologist
B)psychiatrist
C)licensed clinical social worker
D)marriage and family therapist
Q5) Identify and discuss three areas in which unequal power affects a relationship.
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Chapter 7: Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, and Behaviors
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Q1) A depiction of sexual behavior through words or pictures with the intent to cause sexual excitement is called ________.
Q2) A person can be HIV positive for as long as ________ years before AIDS symptoms usually start to appear.
Q3) Delay of first intercourse is related to A)the strength of religious beliefs.
B)the influence of parents.
C)lower alcohol consumption.
D)All of the above
Q4) Most forms of atypical sexual behavior are more frequently engaged in by ________ rather than ________.
Q5) A heterosexual woman is more than ________ times as likely to get HIV/AIDS from a heterosexual man than a heterosexual man is to get it from a heterosexual female.
Q6) Contrast the two macro views on human sexuality. Which view do you find more useful? Support your answer.
Q7) The word pornography comes from ancient Greece. A)True B)False
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Chapter 8: Marriage: The Ultimate Commitment
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Q1) A postnuptial agreement
A)is worked out between partners who are already married to one another.
B)determines how property will be divided in the event of divorce.
C)is usually developed when one spouse comes into an inheritance.
D)All of the above
Q2) How has tolerance and acceptance of biracial couples improved? How could tolerance and acceptance be better? What factor is cited by the text as being a key to an interracial couple's happiness?
Q3) Define and discuss the five stages of child-rearing. Discuss changes that occur during the child-rearing years.
Q4) Which of the following is not an expectation of marriage?
A)Couples will undergo a rite of passage.
B)Couples will have sexual exclusivity.
C)Couples are making a legal commitment.
D)Couples can easily dissolve the marriage.
Q5) Sociologist Arlie Hochschild's research revealed working wives work a ________ ________ at home.
Q6) The median cost of a wedding in the U.S. today is ________.
Q7) ________, ________, and ________ are utilitarian types of marriages.
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Chapter 9: Variations: Nonmarital Families and Households
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Q1) College students that return to live with their parents after graduation are called
Q2) Define and discuss platonic "roommate marriages."
Q3) A nonfamily household consists of
A)people who live with unrelated individuals.
B)a person who lives alone.
C)cohabiting couples.
D)All of the above
Q4) Homosexual couples who described themselves as "happily married" are called
A)closed couples.
B)open couples.
C)functional couples.
D)homogamous couples.
Q5) The majority of grandparents raising their grandchildren in the U.S. are white.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ _______ are less apt to remarry due to the marriage squeeze.
Q7) Discuss the circumstances under which LAT and transnational marriages occur?
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Q8) ________ _________ singles are those that want to marry but haven't found a mate and have come to accept their single status.
Chapter 10: Reproduction: Decisions About Having or Not Having Children
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Q1) Discuss the three social and economic factors that influence people's having children.
Q2) What five assisted reproductive technologies (ART)can infertile couples utilize to help them conceive? What impact does ART have on the couple?
Q3) According to one study, the majority of sexually active couples seeking to have a baby conceive within ________ months.
A)2
B)6
C)24
D)36
Q4) The Supreme Court ruled in the case _______ _______ _______ that abortion is a private choice between a woman and her physician.
Q5) A gamete is the mature sexual reproductive cell, an egg or sperm, that unites with another to form a new organism.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The cultural attitude that takes having children for granted is called the ________
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Chapter 11: Children, Families, and Generations
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Q1) According to Andrew Cherlin and Frank Furstenberg, most grandparents are involved.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following groups have strong grandparental influences due to an extended kinship networks?
A)African Americans
B)Hispanics
C)Native Americans
D)All of the above
Q3) The child poverty rate for African American children under age 5 in the U.S. today is A)7%.
B)10%.
C)28%.
D)42%.
Q4) Using examples, illustrate the impact of spanking children as discussed by Murray Strauss.
Q5) The ________ style of childrearing has rules and regulations but is also warm and supportive.
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Chapter 12: Work: Economics, Jobs, and Balancing Family Demands
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Q1) Working women who quit jobs that interfere with their parenting role are called the A)copers.
B)conflicted.
C)committed.
D)captives.
Q2) The decline in manufacturing jobs in the U.S. is due to A)globalization.
B)free trade policies.
C)technology.
D)All of the above
Q3) A worker who is allowed to work from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. instead of 9:00 to 5:00 p.m. is an example of
A)a compressed workweek employee.
B)an employee using flextime.
C)job sharing.
D)telecommuting.
Q4) In 1938, Congress created the ________ ________ ________ Act in an attempt to bring American families' income above the poverty line.
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Chapter 13: Crises: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, and Abuse
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Q1) Cohabiting couples are ________ likely to be physically violent with each other than dating couples.
Q2) According to the 1983 Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes, the most severe stressor was
A)death of a spouse.
B)death of a child.
C)terminal illness.
D)death of a parent.
Q3) Prescription drug use among __________ was soaring in 2006.
Q4) Cite and describe the two kinds of violence in relationships as identified by sociologist Michael Johnson.
Q5) An example of a crisis is
A)serious illness.
B)unemployment.
C)an automobile accident.
D)All of the above
Q6) Discuss the 2010 findings of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on their child abuse and neglect study.
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Q7) Discuss three important issues in addressing family violence.
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Chapter 14: Uncoupling: Separation and Divorce
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Q1) Distinguish between the two types of marital separation. Discuss the differences between them.
Q2) Do you think short celebrity marriages and the attention they receive from pop culture impact divorce rates in this country? Why or why not? How do you think mass media portrayals of marriage and divorce might impact future divorce rates?
Q3) The comparison of number of divorces to the number of marriages in any given year is how the refined divorce rate is calculated.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Community property states are
A)equitable-distribution states.
B)equal-distribution states.
C)property settlement states.
D)spousal entitlement states.
Q5) Define and discuss redivorce. Explain why Americans have an increased risk in late marriages.
Q6) Discuss how alternatives to traditional courtroom divorce are effective strategies for couples in divorce.
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Chapter 15: Remarriage: Reinvented, Renewed, and
Blended Families
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Q1) Children in stepfamilies who define only their biological parents as "real family" fit in which of the following categories?
A)reduction definition
B)retention definition
C)augmentation definition
D)substitution definition
Q2) In the ________ at least one child in the family is the biological child of the parents and another child is from a previous marriage.
A)biological father-stepmother family
B)biological mother-stepfather family
C)joint biological-stepfamily
D)co-custodial stepfamily
Q3) A stepmother is expected to be loving toward her stepchildren but at the same time is also viewed as evil and selfish. This is called the ________ ________.
Q4) Mother/son incestuous relationships are rare.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Your father's new wife and her adult children can be labeled ________.
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