Question : 11. Cohabitation related to divorce in all of the following ways : 1303330

11. Cohabitation is related to divorce in all of the following ways EXCEPT which one? 
A. Cohabitation, in general, increases the risk of divorce.
B. Short cohabitation periods after becoming engaged increase risk of divorce.
C. Cohabitation with more than one partner increases the risk of later divorce.
D. People who cohabitate before becoming engaged have a greater chance of later divorce.

12. Which of the following is true of children of divorce? 
A. They are less likely to get divorced themselves.
B. They are more likely to divorce when they become adults.
C. They have more favorable views of marriage.
D. They have higher quality marriages.

13. According to the Framingham Heart Study, people who have a friend or relative who divorces are _____ more likely to divorce themselves. 
A. 75%
B. 33%
C. slightly
D. no

14. Which of the following theories says that an unhappily married couple would stay together because the barriers for getting a divorce are high and the alternatives are few? 
A. Seligman’s positive psychology model
B. Ekman’s model of facial understanding and facial mismatches
C. Whitehead’s social expectation model of divorce
D. Levinger’s barrier model

15. According to Levinger’s barrier model, all of the following factors influence break-ups EXCEPT which one? 
A. Attraction
B. Alternatives
C. Barriers
D. Attachment

16. Which of the following perceived barriers to divorce actually distinguishes couples who divorce from those who do not? 
A. Religious norms
B. Fear of financial ruin
C. Threat of losing one’s children
D. Worry that children will suffer

17. Shauna and Brent got married in June. They both have little education, Shauna’s parents had a bad marriage, and Brent’s social skills are not very good. According to Karney and Bradbury’s vulnerability-stress-adaptation model, Shauna and Brent’s marriage: 
A. is doomed, no matter what happens.
B. may make it if they do not encounter too many difficulties in life.
C. should be fine, as long as they don’t have many alternatives to their relationship.
D. has a high likelihood of succeeding, no matter what happens.

18. Craig has a bad day at the office. He comes home and yells at his wife, causing discord in their marriage. This is an example of: 
A. enduring vulnerabilities.
B. poor adaptation.
C. stress spillover.
D. resilience.

19. Which model suggests that problematic behavior that destroys a couple begins after marriage? 
A. Enduring dynamics model
B. Emergent distress model
C. Disillusionment model
D. Reactive stress model

20. At their wedding the Westons were one of the happiest couples their wedding guests had ever seen. The couple was sure they had a romance that would endure forever and expected a life together that would be wonderful. During their first year, they discovered that marriage was hard work and they both doubted their relationship. Their experience goes along with the: 
A. enduring dynamics model.
B. emergent distress model.
C. disillusionment model.
D. reactive stress model.