Essay Quiz


1			Provide an example of each of the following types of personality-development models: normative-stage models, timing-of-events model, trait models, and typological models. In your own words, describe each type of model. Be sure to discuss the question the model asks, and the methods researchers use.




2			Describe trends in education, marriage, and parenthood among young adults today.




3			Name the three components of Sternberg's triangular theory of love, and describe in your own words at least two of the types of love Sternberg defined on the basis of the three components.




4			Describe in your own words the benefits of each of the marital and nonmarital lifestyles described in your textbook: single life, gay and lesbian relationships, cohabitation, and marriage. Can any of these be combined? In which lifestyles do you think you will participate, and why?




5			Compare and contrast the typical responses of men and women to becoming parents for the first time. What happens to marital satisfaction when a couple has a child?




6			Describe in your own words the prevalence, benefits, and challenges, for parents and children, of remarriages and stepfamilies.