Research on the Sex Lives of Married Couples Has Shown

question 28

Multiple Choice

Research on the sex lives of married couples has shown that

• A)women receive mixed messages from their husbands.
• B)husbands are proud of their wives sexual skills and expertise.
• C)women are more interested in experimenting with new sexual techniques than men.
• D)women express discomfort and fear about losing control.

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Definitions:

Relationship Satisfaction

The level of contentment and fulfillment individuals feel in their personal, romantic, or professional relationships.

Subjective Feelings

Personal experiences of emotions or sensations that cannot be objectively measured, but are felt and reported by the individual.

Leisure Activity

Activities undertaken voluntarily during free time for enjoyment, entertainment, or relaxation.

Hedonic Adaptation

The phenomenon that occurs when the mental scale that people use to judge the pleasantness-unpleasantness of their experiences shifts so that their neutral point, or baseline for comparison, is changed.