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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Companionship in and Outside the Family

Multiple Choice

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1

Which of the following does NOT tend to characterize loneliness by itself?
A)being alone
B)being with someone and not feeling close to him or her
C)being with someone but preferring to be with someone else
D)being dissatisfied with one's present social relations
2

Which was a finding in Horn's study of graduate students two months after moving either to New York City or to upstate rural areas?
A)Students moving to small towns had made more friends more quickly.
B)The rural students reported higher levels of fear and distrust.
C)The rural students were more likely to invite friends home once they got to know them.
D)The urban students were less likely to report a broadened perspective as a consequence of exposure to and interactions with other people.
3

__________ companionship is characterized by the couple's lack of or lessened emotional closeness even though the couple is doing things in each other's presence.
A)Joint
B)Parallel
C)Segregated
D)Integrated
4

Whom did Argyle and Furnham find to rank first as the chief source of life satisfaction?
A)spouse
B)parents
C)children
D)friends
5

Which was NOT a finding from the study of family interaction conducted by Davey and Paolucci?
A)Only 12 percent of family interaction was between just the husband and wife.
B)The most frequent form of interaction involved socializing.
C)Cooperation in sharing household work was prevalent.
D)Most family interaction took place at home and increased on weekends and during vacations.
6

Female friendships are characterized more by __________ and male friendships more by __________.
A)engaging in common activities; work commonalities
B)emotional sharing; engaging in common activities
C)child rearing; emotional ties
D)emotional sharing; work commonalities
7

Which is not true, according to a study on parent-adolescent relationships conducted by Larson et al.?
A)The amount of time children spend with their families decreases by 21 percent during the adolescent years.
B)Emotional experiences are less affectionate as related to the family.
C)Amount of time spent in conversations with family members decreases.
D)All are true.
8

According to a 1994 Nielsen Survey, the average American child aged 2 to 5 watches television _________ hours per week.
A)14
B)19
C)23.5
D)27.5








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