The downstairs neighbors in your apartment building are lesbians who cohabit. Given your understanding of the research on committed same-sex couples, which of the following statements is likely false?
Same-sex couples receive less support from family and friends than do heterosexual couples.
Same-sex couples are similar to heterosexual couples in most ways, and any differences are small.
Same-sex couples are more comfortable with closeness compared to their married counterparts and more open with their partner.
Gay male couples are significantly different from lesbian couples with respect to relationship quality, social support, and the likelihood of dissolution.
Gay male couples are significantly different from lesbian couples with respect to relationship quality, social support, and the likelihood of dissolution.
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How do symbolic interactions interpret nonverbal communication patterns?
a. Men's interruption of women indicates the right of a superior to interrupt a subordinate. b. Nonverbal behavior enhances interpersonal intimacy and friendship. c. Superiors practice impression management through type of eye contact. d. Nonverbal communication serves to bind people to their culture, and maintain the social equilibrium.
Unmarried partners who live together in a single household are referred to as what?
A) civil union adherents B) pre-marital partners C) partners-in-union D) cohabiting couples
Sternberg's __________ suggests that our love stories begin soon after birth
(a) wheel of love theory (b) love story theory (c) triangular theory of love (d) limerence
Sociologists who analyze how behavior depends on the ways that people define themselves and others are most likely:
a. functionalists b. conflict theorists c. ethnomethodologists d. symbolic interactionists