midterm multiple choice

in 1960 the amount of americans was ___ but now it is ___

68%, 51%

__ of college women report sexual assault

14%

part of the social problem with consensual sexual behavior is…

alcohol

courtship ____ mate selection for marriage

institutionalized

courtship function

good marriage

courtship gender norms

script for male-female interaction

in “calling” ___ take the initiative

women

colleges went from ___ to more ____ approach to relationships

parent, relaxed

types of relations in college

hanging out, hooking up, joined at the hip, semi traditional dating

hanging out has…

no clear expectations/commitments

hooking up

sexual activity w/o commitment

_____ report hooking up over college career

40-64%

joined at the hip

highly dependent

dating

taking it slow, maintain friendship with others

college courtship is

deinstitutionalized

womens age in 1st marriage rose from __ 1970 to __ now

21, 28

mens age in 1st marriage rose from __ 1970 to __ now

23, 30

parent’s stress

88% work, 21% marriage

sexual revolution stems from

cheap sex

college sex ratio favors ___ sexual strategy

male

social costs to deinstitutionalization of courtship for women

respect loss, generates expectations

__ in __ students say relationships “traumatic” or “difficult to handle”

1, 3

deinstitutionalization does not serve marriage b/c it is not..

conducive to form good relationships

___ of people who are going to marry, marry by 30

50%

because of technology socializing is down __ to __ hours

12, 5

__ in __ of today’s young adults will not marry

1, 3

the later the courtship the pool of eligible and high quality men…

shrinks

____ is one of the best predictor of marital happiness and stability

homogamy

women who cohabited w/ 2+ men before marriage ___ more likely to divorce

130%

types of people who select into a behavior explain the correlation

selection effect

x causes y

causal effect

connection and fulfillment for self, emotional feeling

soulmate model

__ of marriages preceded by cohabitation

70%

who do speed of cohabitation and relationships matter?

emotions fluctuate

__ increase in divorce with cohabitation without engagement

30%

cohabitation w/o engagement leads to ____ equality in division of household labor

more

problem with sliding and deciding

we scaffold physical and emotional intimacy

__ of marriage rate decline is contributed to cohab

75%

more than __ of children are in cohabiting households

40%

__ of children in cohab experience serious emotional problems compared to __ in in-tact households

15.7%, 3.5%

children born to cohabiting household are __ to see parents split by 15

75%

functions are family, economics, and solidarity and is anchored by marital permenance

institutional model

soulmate _ institutional model in pop culture (> or <)

>

structural shift from institutional to soulmate depend on..

market and state

according to soulmate these classical functions of marriage are less important

economics, children, kinship ties

according to soulmate these individual functions are more important

emotional connection, fulfillment, and self-actualization

are those who follow soulmate model in happier marriages?

yes if they make it to top of maslow’s hierarchy

why has divorce fallen since the 70’s

people expect more of their marriage, divorce revolution

“butterflies” are a __ and _

chemically induced high, don’t last

hybrid model that includes romance but also classic goods associated with marriage

family first marriage