Research cited in the text concerning religious couples and marriage satisfaction revealed that ...

Research cited in the text concerning religious couples and marriage satisfaction revealed that
 
  A. sixty-five percent of couples declared they were very happy in their marriages.
  B. couples with neither spouse identifying any religious affiliation were most likely to declare their marriages as very happy.
  C. couples in which both spouses were Catholic had the highest percentage of couples declaring their marriages were very happy.
  D. only thirty percent of couples claimed their marriages were very happy.

Ques. 2

Families in non-Western countries are changing. Which of the following is NOT one of the changes discussed in the text?
 
  A. There are more nuclear households and fewer extended ones.
  B. The number of arranged marriages has increased.
  C. Divorce is less stigmatized.
  D. All of the above are changes discussed in the text.

Ques. 3

_____ is the custom of sharing a permanent sexual relationship with only one partner.
 
  A. Homogamy
  B. Monogamy
  C. Heterogamy
  D. Matrimony

Ques. 4

Paradigms are
 
  A. sets of assumptions shared by community members at a given time.
  B. types of families found around the world.
  C. statistical approaches for determining family effectiveness.
  D. strategies for conducting healthy family conflict.

Ques. 5

A _____ is a set of assumptions shared by a community at a given time.
 
  A. reason
  B. research design
  C. paradigm
  D. rationale

Ques. 6

The ____ is the average number of divorces in a given year.
 
  A. divorce ratio
  B. marriage to divorce ratio
  C. marriage ratio
  D. divorce rate

Ques. 7

Which of the following is NOT accurate concerning change in family systems throughout the Western world?
 
  A. The average age of individuals at their first marriage is decreasing.
  B. Birthrates are declining.
  C. Boundaries between gender roles are blurring.
  D. The number of domestic partnerships is increasing.

Ques. 8

Countries throughout the Western world have experienced changes in the family system ____ changes in the United States.
 
  A. very differently than
  B. similar to
  C. that reflect distant historical
  D. opposite to