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In the United States, people are completely
free to marry anyone they choose
true TERM 2
Over the past several decades, the general
trend around the world in age at marriage
appears
DEFINITION 2 1930 men 24 women 21 ( to have increased) 1940 men 24 women 21 1950 men 22 women 20 1960 men 22 women 20 1970 men 23 women 20 1980 men 24 women 22 1990 men 26 women 23 2000 men 26 women 25 2010 men 28 women 27 TERM 3
Since 1900, trend in median age at first
marriage
DEFINITION 3 men 25 women 21 in 1900 ( has increased) TERM 4
Evidence suggests that women married to
younger men vs. women married to older
men
DEFINITION 4 older women married to younger men die sooner but men live longer if they are married to younger women. TERM 5
The mating gradient
DEFINITION 5 the mating gradient means that when men increase in status, they widen their pool of eligibles; when women increase in status, their pool of eligibles becomes narrower,
Most interracial marriages in the United
States occur between whom
White and Asian? black and hispanic? TERM 7
Offspring of cross-racial/cross-ethnic
marriages have what characteristics?
DEFINITION 7 more open to other race's? TERM 8
As of 2000, the median age at first marriage
in the United States was
DEFINITION 8 men 26 women 25 TERM 9
The marriage squeeze
DEFINITION 9 -when the number of potential brides does not equal the number of potential grooms. - When not everyone has an opportunity to marry, some will be squeezed out of the marriage market. - An excess of eligible women is called a female marriage squeeze; an excess of eligible men is called a male marriage squeeze. TERM 10
Misalliance
DEFINITION 10 unsuitable marrige
Parental Image Theory
suggests a person tends to fall in love with and marry a person simaler to his or her opposite- sex parent * not supported by research TERM 17
Value theory
DEFINITION 17 suggests the interpersonal attraction is facilitated when persons share or percieve themselves as sharing similar value orientaions. * supported by research TERM 18
Complimentary Needs Theory
DEFINITION 18 similarities needed such as age, race, religion, ethnicity, residential prpinquity, socio economic status, education and previous marital status. * not supported by research TERM 19
Instinct and Biological theories as a factor in
partner selection
DEFINITION 19
- not supported by research our instinct guides us to a member of the opposite sex. TERM 20
The Freudian idea (parental image theory)
DEFINITION 20 oedipus complex - early in a males life his mother becomes his first love object he resents his father because he cant have his mother until he finds a women like his mom electra complex- girls love for her father continues through child hood until she finds a man to marry like her father
Complementarily
similarites TERM 22
A value
DEFINITION 22 what is good, beautiful, moral, worth while ex- smoking, abortion, pacifism TERM 23
An exchange theory of mate
selection
DEFINITION 23 an idea that some type of exchange is basic to the mate- selection process such as sex for money TERM 24
The seasonal marriage rates in the United
States
DEFINITION 24 higer in the summer? TERM 25
Marriages are more likely to occur in what
month, day, state
DEFINITION 25 ?
Percentage of high school boys and girls that
have premarital sex now and in the 1960 and
males = 1988- 76% ...1979 -66%...now (1995) 68 females = 1988 -51% ...1979 -41 %...now 49 ****the rate in change in frequency of premarital coitus was much grater before than after. *** TERM 32
Sexual activities frequency and age.
DEFINITION 32
- levels of sexual activities increased with age - TERM 33
Sexually transmitted diseases, particularly
AIDS, influence on college students sexual
abstention.
DEFINITION 33 73% of college students in this survey had had sex and over one third that had participated used no form of protection from std or birth control TERM 34
year of marrige and most frequent marital
intercourse
DEFINITION 34 decreases with age and most high among newly weds TERM 35
sexual activity of cohabitating couples
compared to that of married or single
DEFINITION 35 after about age 39 sex stops for cohabitors and for married people it can go until death.. however it is more often in the first 20 years for cohabitors
is sexual adjustment the keystone to
marrige?
sexual adjustment may be one indicator of general marital adjustment but it is doubtful that having good sex life by itself will maintain an otherwise poor relationship. TERM 37
william simon and john gagnon
conceptuilization of sexualization
DEFINITION 37 sexual socialization; the process by which individuals acuire their sexual self-concepts, values, attitudes and behaviors. they wrote a book on sexual conduct in 1973 TERM 38
sexual scripting
DEFINITION 38 the learned designation of the who what when where and why of ones sexuality. TERM 39
parental attitudes and childrens sexual
behavior
DEFINITION 39 parents have no influence on what theyre kids will sexualy be like. with contraceptives TERM 40
studies of teens and contraceptive
behaviors
DEFINITION 40 just because they have a promise ring take a pledge or talk about it with their parents does not mean they will be more likely to use contraceptives.
justifications for extramarital sex
more emotional dementions: romantic love, gettinglove, affection, intellectual sharing,understanding, sompanionship, egobolstering, enhancing selfesteem, and respect. TERM 47
same sex
couples
DEFINITION 47 dont have to deal with the siffrences between men and women and society. they also must maintain their relationship with out institutional recognition. no benifits and less support TERM 48
polls about marriage satisfaction
DEFINITION 48 in the begining women are more satisfied than men but majority men are more satisfied. TERM 49
power
DEFINITION 49 the ability to control or influence the behavior of others even without their consent. TERM 50
authority
DEFINITION 50 lagitamate power
marital quality over life
course
u shape chart up down with kids then back up TERM 52
blood and wolfe
DEFINITION 52 1950s data of husbands and wifes and who makes what decisions many were joint and some to just the husband and mostly just food to the woman.
