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Soc of the Family
Test 2 - Chs. 8-10
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Sociology
Undergraduate 3
03/26/2008

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dating
Definition
the process of meeting people socially for possible mate selection
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marriage market
Definition
courtship seen as a process in which prospective spouses compare the assets and liabilities of eligible partners and choose the best available mate
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filter theory
Definition
the theory that people in search of potential mates screen out eligible partners according to certain criteria to reduce the pool of eligibles to a small number of candidates
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homogamy
Definition
dating or marrying someone with similar social characteristics such as ethnicity, race, religion, age, and social class
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propinquity
Definition
geographic closeness
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heterogamy
Definition
dating or marrying someone from a social, racial, ethnic, religious, or age group different from one's own
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hypergamy
Definition
dating or marrying someone who is in a higher socioeconomic group than one's own
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hypogamy
Definition
dating or marrying someone who is in a lower socioeconomic group than one's own
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equity theory
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a theoretical perspective that proposes that an intimate relationship is satisfying and stable if both people see it as equitable and mutually beneficial
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dowry
Definition
the money, goods, or property a woman in traditional societies brings to a marriage
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acquaintance rape
Definition
unwanted, forced sexual intercourse, often in a social context such as a party; the rapist may be a neighbor, a friend of the family, a co-worker, or a person the victim has just met
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date rape
Definition
unwanted, forced sexual intercourse in the context of a dating situation
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sex ratio
Definition
the proportion of men to women in a country or group
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marriage squeeze
Definition
an imbalance in the number of available women and men
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cohabitation
Definition
a living arrangement in which two people who are not related and not married share living quarters and usually have a sexual relationship
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POSSLQ
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"persons of the opposite sex sharing living quarters," a US census household category
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co-residential dating cohabitation
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a living arrangement in which into which people "drift" gradually
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premarital cohabitation
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a living arrangement in which a couple tests its relationship before making a final commitment to get married
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trial marriage
Definition
people living together to find out what marriage might be like, with each other or someone else
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substitute marriage
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a long-term commitment between two people without a legal marriage
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engagement
Definition
the formalization of a couple's decision to marry and the last step in courtship
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conflict-habituated marriage
Definition
a marriage in which the partners fight both verbally and physically but do not believe that fighting is a reason for divorce
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devitalized marriage
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a marriage in which the partners are initially in love, spend time together, and have a satisfying sex life but in time find they are staying together out of duty. because they see no alternatives, they do not consider divorce.
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passive-congenial marriage
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a marriage in which partners with minimal emotional investment and expectations of their union maintain independent spheres of interests and activities and derive satisfaction from relationships with others rather than from each other
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vital marriage
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a marriage in which partners maintain a close relationship, resolve conflicts quickly through compromise, and often make sacrifices for each other
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total marriage
Definition
a marriage in which the partners participate in each other's lives at all levels and have few areas of tension or unresolved hostility
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utilitarian marriage
Definition
a marriage based on convenience
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intrinsic marriage
Definition
a marriage that is inherently rewarding
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married singles
Definition
married partners who continue to live together, may be good friends, and may be sexually intimate, but who, in many ways, have drifted apart
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marital burnout
Definition
the gradual deterioration of love and, ultimately, the loss of an emotional attachment between marital partners
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marital roles
Definition
the specific ways in which married couples define their behavior and structure their time
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identity bargaining
Definition
a stage in the evolution of a marriage in which partners readjust their idealized expectations to the realities of their life together
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boomerang generation
Definition
young adults who move back into their parents' homes after living independently for a while
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self-disclosure
Definition
open communication in which one person offers his or her honest thoughts and feelings to another person in the hope that truly open communication will follow
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power
Definition
the ability to impose one's will on others
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