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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Mate Selection, Nonmarital Cohabitation, and Transition to Marriage

Multiple Choice

Please answer all questions



1

The extent of agreement or disagreement between the husband and wife partially describes:
A)homogamy.
B)compatibility.
C)propinquity.
D)heterogamy.
2

In discussing the ethnic differences in the role of cohabitation in childbearing the text observes that:
A)the recent growth of cohabitation plays an important role in explaining the dramatic increase in nonmarital childbearing among African American women.
B)in comparison with other groups, African American women are much less likely to be in any union (cohabitation or marriage) when they become mothers.
C)nonmarital unions are unusual family contexts for childbearing among Puerto Ricans.
D)all of the above
3

Which of the following appears to be the LEAST likely regarding the effect of education and intelligence on mate selection?
A)Most females with 4 years of college marry college graduates or those with more education than they have.
B)Educationally homogamous marriages tend to be slightly more compatible than educationally heterogamous marriages.
C)Intelligence compatibility appears to have about the same level of importance as does educational compatibility.
D)Most males with 4 years of college marry women with equal or more education than they have.
4

Which theories emphasize the influence of experiences of earlier years on mate selection?
A)psychodynamic
B)needs
C)exchange
D)developmental process
5

Validity tests of the premarital inventory PREPARE have shown that the inventory can be used to correctly predict __________.
A)a couple's having sexual dysfunction
B)whether a marriage will be successful or end in divorce
C)potential problem areas for the couple
D)none of the above
6

Which of the following is NOT one of the legal conditions required in those states recognizing common-law marriages?
A)The couple must be legally marriageable.
B)They must live together and hold themselves out to the community as husband and wife.
C)They must have children together.
D)They must intend to be legally married at some future date.
7

Which of the following terms refers to a blood relationship or descent from a common ancestor?
A)consanguinity
B)homogamy
C)exogamy
D)endogamy
8

Which theories of mate selection describe it as a process of filtering and weeding out ineligible and incompatible people until an appropriate person is selected?
A)psychodynamic
B)needs
C)exchange
D)developmental process








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