The authors point to all of the following as explanations for why marital satisfaction declines EXCEPT:
A) lack of effort.
B) unwelcome surprises.
C) unrealistic expectations.
D) overcommitment.
D) overcommitment.
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From 1950 to 1990, the population of urban and suburban areas doubled. Between the same years the area they occupied:
a. stayed the same b. doubled c. quadrupled d. quintupled
Statistics cannot be used to describe
a. True b. False
The images of early American sexuality are of prim and proper Puritans and sexually repressed Victorians. Who perpetuated these views?
a) individual husbands b) individual wives c) religious and medical authorities d) peer groups e) personal desires
According to Durkheim's discussion of suicide, anomic suicide refers to ______.
A. suicide caused by an individual experiencing disorder and turmoil and lacking clear norms and guidelines for social behavior B. suicide caused by feeling little social bond to the group or society C. suicide caused by such a strong bond and group obligation that the individual is willing to die for the group D. suicide caused by depression due to downward mobility