Singlehood Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Chapter 1: T he Meaning of Marriage and the Family Chapter 2: Studying Marriages and Families Chapter 3: Variations in American Family Life Chapter 4: Gender and Family Chapter 5: Intimacy, Friendship, and Love Chapter 6: Understanding Sex and Sexualities Chapter 7: Communication, Power, and Conflict Chapter 8: Marriages in Societal and Individual Perspective Chapter 9: Unmarried Lives: Singlehood and Cohabitation Chapter 10: Becoming Parents and Experiencing Parenthood Chapter 11: Marriage, Wor...

What is the Census Bureau's definition of family? What is the broader sociological definition? Correct Answer: - A group of two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption - A kinship system of all relatives living together or recognized as a social unit, including adopted people Monogamy vs. Polygamy Correct Answer: Monogamy: Marriage between two partners; the only legal form of marriage in the United States Polygamy: A form of marriage in which one person may have two o...

couple western culture of singlehood - we are largely entered around love and marriage ex: magazines of weddings, TV shows, restaurants, travel industry assumptions of marriage - marriage is forever (one, long-term partner, monogamy) - marriage = always happiness - marriage = "normal life" - expected age for marriage - normative order of events (fall in love, get married, have children) ideology of marriage and family - everyone wants to get married and will marry - sexual partnership is the...

TEST BANK for The Marriage and Family Experience: Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society 14th Edition. Theodore F. Cohen; Bryan Strong. ISBN 8304. Complete Chapters 1-14. Chapter 1: T he Meaning of Marriage and the Family Chapter 2: Studying Marriages and Families Chapter 3: Variations in American Family Life Chapter 4: Gender and Family Chapter 5: Intimacy, Friendship, and Love Chapter 6: Understanding Sex and Sexualities Chapter 7: Communication, Power, and Conflict Chapter 8: Marriages ...

Young Adulthood: Physical Changes Peak (organicism) • Height, muscle mass, internal/reproductive organs; brain continues to develop • Few physical illnesses occur (peak of health) • Am I vulnerable to getting ill? Young Adulthood: Cognitive Changes (organicism) • Full range of cognitive skills (Formal Operations ready-to-go) to put to use • Honing & building - person's adaptation to their living/learning environment Young Adulthood: Psychosocial • Lifestyle choi...

What is the Census Bureau's definition of family? What is the broader sociological definition? Correct Answer: - A group of two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption - A kinship system of all relatives living together or recognized as a social unit, including adopted people Monogamy vs. Polygamy Correct Answer: Monogamy: Marriage between two partners; the only legal form of marriage in the United States Polygamy: A form of marriage in which one person may have two o...

Young adulthood is what age? - correct answer 20-35 What happens in young adulthood? - correct answer Establishment of career Development of own lifestyle including intimate relationships and beginning own family Physical changes in YA - correct answer Peak physical development reached -height, muscle mass, internal/reproductive organs, brain -At 30 body starts to slow Cognitive changes in YA - correct answer Formal Operational - Piaget Health Literacy is most important What Eri...

Psyc 375 - Test #3 Questions With 100% Correct Answers couple western culture of singlehood - answer- we are largely entered around love and marriage ex: magazines of weddings, TV shows, restaurants, travel industry assumptions of marriage - answer- marriage is forever (one, long-term partner, monogamy) - marriage = always happiness - marriage = "normal life" - expected age for marriage - normative order of events (fall in love, get married, have children) ideology of marriage and fa...

Psyc 375 - Test #3 Questions With 100% Correct Answers couple western culture of singlehood - answer- we are largely entered around love and marriage ex: magazines of weddings, TV shows, restaurants, travel industry assumptions of marriage - answer- marriage is forever (one, long-term partner, monogamy) - marriage = always happiness - marriage = "normal life" - expected age for marriage - normative order of events (fall in love, get married, have children) ideology of marriage and fa...

Young adulthood is what age? 20-35 What happens in young adulthood? Establishment of career Development of own lifestyle including intimate relationships and beginning own family Physical changes in YA Peak physical development reached -height, muscle mass, internal/reproductive organs, brain -At 30 body starts to slow Cognitive changes in YA Formal Operational - Piaget Health Literacy is most important What Erikson stage are young adults in? intimacy vs isol...