FLHD 4250 Midterm Exam Questions
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Some of the risks of loneliness include which of the following?
A. Increased risk of heart attack
B. Increased risk of cancer
C. More dangerous than the risk of smoking
D. A&C
E. All of the above - Correct answer-D
What did Harlow find out about monkeys raised in isolation without even a cloth
mother?
A. They retreat into their own world and avoid other monkeys
B. They were very clingy towards other monkeys and hated being alone
C. They could relate to fake (cloth) monkeys, but not to real ones
D. They would stare at other monkeys, but never approach them - Correct answer-
A. they retreat into their own world and avoid other monkeys
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,Some of the benefits of marriage include with of the following?
A. Better sex life
B. Lower risk of depression
C. higher emotional intelligence
D. more wealth - Correct answer-better sex life, lower risk of depression and more
wealth (A, B, & D)
How does marriage change men in regard to work?
A. They tend to work longer hours
B. They make more money
C. They are more likely to ask for a promotion
D. A & B
E. all of the above - Correct answer-E. all of the above
Some of the challenges of cohabitation include which of the following?
A. neither partner tends to be interested in turning it into a marriage
B. Family/friends tend to offer less support to the relationship
C. They tend to have more problems with communication
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,D. Typically, one of the partners tends to be less interested in sex - Correct answer-
B. family/friends tend to offer less support to the relationship
What does the spillover effect refer to?
A. having children frequently dimishes the quality of marriage
B. When a parent becomes overly involved with a child, it creates tension in the
marriage
C. when there is conflict in the marriage, the parenting quality goes down
D. The tendency for the stressors of work, to spill over into the quality of a
person's parenting - Correct answer-C. When there is conflict in the marriage, the
parenting quality goes down
When you ______, you greatly increase your risk of ending up with a jerk. This
leads a person to think they know their partner better than they actually do.
A. ignore your initial impressions
B. don't get to know your partner's family
C. have a long distance relationship
D. accelerate the pace of the relationship - Correct answer-D. accelerate the pace of
the relationship
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, One study found 94% of singles wanted to marry their soul mate but what got in
the way?
A. most single people were afraid to ask others on a date
B. they lacked the confidence of being able to choose the right one
C. they worried that they were too young to settle down
D. many feared that their taste would change over time - Correct answer-B. they
lacked the confidence of being able to choose the right one
the five components of the RAM model - Correct answer-know, trust, rely, commit,
and touch
most cultures throughout history planned some form of planned marriages, that is
marriages that were arranged or forced
True or False - Correct answer-true
which of the following is NOT a criterion that jerks typically follow according to
Van Epp?
A. they have habits of breaking boundaries
B. they have a d to see anything from other's perspective
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and Answers Graded A+
Some of the risks of loneliness include which of the following?
A. Increased risk of heart attack
B. Increased risk of cancer
C. More dangerous than the risk of smoking
D. A&C
E. All of the above - Correct answer-D
What did Harlow find out about monkeys raised in isolation without even a cloth
mother?
A. They retreat into their own world and avoid other monkeys
B. They were very clingy towards other monkeys and hated being alone
C. They could relate to fake (cloth) monkeys, but not to real ones
D. They would stare at other monkeys, but never approach them - Correct answer-
A. they retreat into their own world and avoid other monkeys
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,Some of the benefits of marriage include with of the following?
A. Better sex life
B. Lower risk of depression
C. higher emotional intelligence
D. more wealth - Correct answer-better sex life, lower risk of depression and more
wealth (A, B, & D)
How does marriage change men in regard to work?
A. They tend to work longer hours
B. They make more money
C. They are more likely to ask for a promotion
D. A & B
E. all of the above - Correct answer-E. all of the above
Some of the challenges of cohabitation include which of the following?
A. neither partner tends to be interested in turning it into a marriage
B. Family/friends tend to offer less support to the relationship
C. They tend to have more problems with communication
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,D. Typically, one of the partners tends to be less interested in sex - Correct answer-
B. family/friends tend to offer less support to the relationship
What does the spillover effect refer to?
A. having children frequently dimishes the quality of marriage
B. When a parent becomes overly involved with a child, it creates tension in the
marriage
C. when there is conflict in the marriage, the parenting quality goes down
D. The tendency for the stressors of work, to spill over into the quality of a
person's parenting - Correct answer-C. When there is conflict in the marriage, the
parenting quality goes down
When you ______, you greatly increase your risk of ending up with a jerk. This
leads a person to think they know their partner better than they actually do.
A. ignore your initial impressions
B. don't get to know your partner's family
C. have a long distance relationship
D. accelerate the pace of the relationship - Correct answer-D. accelerate the pace of
the relationship
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, One study found 94% of singles wanted to marry their soul mate but what got in
the way?
A. most single people were afraid to ask others on a date
B. they lacked the confidence of being able to choose the right one
C. they worried that they were too young to settle down
D. many feared that their taste would change over time - Correct answer-B. they
lacked the confidence of being able to choose the right one
the five components of the RAM model - Correct answer-know, trust, rely, commit,
and touch
most cultures throughout history planned some form of planned marriages, that is
marriages that were arranged or forced
True or False - Correct answer-true
which of the following is NOT a criterion that jerks typically follow according to
Van Epp?
A. they have habits of breaking boundaries
B. they have a d to see anything from other's perspective
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