Exam 9: Mate Selection

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A) Is the tendency to select mates from persons who live nearby.
B) Is related to social class, racial, and religious homogamy.
C) Is no longer a factor in mate selection in the United States.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (b) above.

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A) Increased the odds of class homogamy.
B) Decreased the odds of class homogamy.
C) Were unrelated to class homogamy.
D) Were less common in agrarian than industrial societies.
E) Both (c) and (d) above.

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A) At marriage, more people have had other sexual partners, and more of them, that at any other time in American history.
B) The age difference between first-married men and women is the smallest in history.
C) The time between a person's first date and their marriage is going consistently down.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (b) above.

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A) Between "completely controlled" and "restricted choice."
B) Between "restricted choice" and "open choice."
C) Between "open choice" and "total choice."
D) Agrarian societies were equally distributed across the continuum.
E) The mate selection continuum does not apply to agrarian societies.

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A) There is no legal marriage system.
B) Any individual, even if currently married, is always a potential mate for someone else.
C) There are only random liaisons.
D) Mate selection is completely controlled by arrangement or normative structure.
E) There is a very low divorce rate.

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A) Is true only in post-industrial societies.
B) Can result in a marriage squeeze.
C) Is truer for first marriages than for second marriages.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (b) above.

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A) Married men are happier than single men, but married women are less happy than single women.
B) Married men are less happy than single men, but married women are happier than single women.
C) Both married men and women are happier than their single counterparts.
D) Both married men and women are less happy than their single counterparts.
E) There is no correlation between marital state and happiness, for either men or women.

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A) Had more satisfying marriages.
B) Had less commitment to the institution of marriage.
C) Had lower divorce rates.
D) Both (a) and (c) above.
E) None of the above.

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A) It is probably increasing.
B) It is interrelated with racial and ethnic homogamy.
C) Its extend depends on how religions are grouped.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (b) and (c) above.

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A) There are more eligible mates of one sex in a particular age group.
B) There is more hypergamy than hypogamy.
C) More males or females in a racial group marry outside the group.
D) More males or females from a particular geographic area marry outside the area.
E) A mating gradient can result from any of the above.

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A) Had lower levels of overall life satisfaction.
B) Had lower levels of sexual exclusivity and satisfaction.
C) Had poorer relationships with their parents.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (c) above.

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A) Brings together persons with shared meanings.
B) Is the result of bargains people make with the resources they have available.
C) Results in increasing concentrations of wealth and power in fewer families.
D) Is likely to cause struggles for power for individuals in matched couples.
E) Encourages gender equality.

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