81.All of the following background factors are predictive of marital stability
EXCEPT:
a.religious participation.
b.supportive friends.
c.the wife's education.
d.financial success.
82.Marty and Janelle have dated for a few months and are planning on getting married next year. Marty graduated from college two years ago and has a good job as an architect. Janelle is a few years younger and although she didn't finish college, she enjoys her job as an assistant at the pet clinic. Marty and Janelle are an example of:
a.monogamy.
b.the halo effect.
c.miscegenation.
d.the marital gradient.
83.Research demonstrates that couples who have similar backgrounds and preferences are:
a.more likely to be happy when they first marry, but are no more or less likely to be happily married later on.
b.more likely to be happily married later on.
c.are no more or less likely to be happily married later on.
d.are less likely to be happily married later on.
84.One rule of exogamy is the requirement that we marry someone of the opposite sex. Until recently, this was taken for granted. Why is this important for society?
a.It maintains the sanctity of marriage.
b.It ensures reproduction and the continuation of the species.
c.The rule justifies discrimination and miscegenation.
d.It creates a necessary opening for homosexual marriages.
85.Which of the following is
NOT
a major social group in endogamous marriages?
a.race/ethnicity
b.religion
c.political party
d.social class
86.Miscegenation laws prohibited:
a.marriages between siblings.
b.same-sex marriages.
c.interracial marriages.
d.marriages between teenagers.
87.About 30 states had miscegenation laws as recently as:
a.World War I.
b.the 1920s.
c.the Great depression.
d.World War II.
88.In
Loving v. Virginia, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that:
a.marriages between stepchildren and stepparents were illegal.
b.cohabiting couples were financially tied to one another.
c.laws prohibiting interracial marriages were unconstitutional.
d.minors could not marry without parental permission.
89.Which of the following is true of interracial marriages?
a.The number of interracial marriages more than doubled from 1980 to 2008.
b.Interracial marriages make up half of all marriages.
c.Interracial marriages are more common, but most Americans report that they would not support a family member in an interracial marriage.
d.Interracial marriages are still illegal in eight states.
90.The inclination or necessity to marry outside a particular group is called:
a.homogamy.
b.exogamy.
c.miscegenation.
d.endogamy.