John is a white 50-year-old man who is married to Sue, who is a 22-year-old African American female. Their marriage is an example of ______.
A. homogamy
B. polygamy
C. exogamy
D. endogamy
Answer: C
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The practice of female genital mutilation and genital infibulations predominantly occurs where?
A. the United States B. Eastern Europe C. Africa D. Japan
The quickest way to change the behavior of the partner who is giving us pain is to:
a. reason with him or her. b. remain silent. c. use body language. d. threaten him or her.
In the context of research on reactions to rejection, which of the following statements is true?
A) Marijuana intensifies the pain one experiences due to relational devaluation. B) Constant rejection causes more negative feelings than a pattern of decreasing acceptance from someone. C) When people who experienced romantic rejection were studied in fMRI scanners, their brains responded as if they were experiencing real pain. D) Unlike people with a dismissing style of attachment, people with an avoidant style of attachment experience more pain when others withdraw or show decreasing interest with time in their relationship.
Families need to balance the cohesive dimensions of their relationships between the extremes of:
A. autonomy and rigidity. B. intimacy and enmeshment. C. rigidity and stability. D. disengagement and enmeshment.