Most Western societies use both law and cultural norms to promote monogamy. Accordingly, in societies with these laws and norms, we can expect to see:

a. more extended family households than nuclear family households
b. occasionally one man married to multiple women but never a woman married to multiple men
c. two, and only two, partners in a marriage
d. most marriages lasting for a lifetime


Answer: c. two, and only two, partners in a marriage

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The study of who people associate with, how those choices are made, and the effects of those choices on social structure and individual personality is called:

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