Couples Who "Slide" from Cohabiting into Marrying, Rather Than Making

question 75

Multiple Choice

Couples who "slide" from cohabiting into marrying, rather than making more deliberative decisions, are said to be

• A) choosing by default.
• B) lazy.
• C) unconsciously married.
• D) sliders.

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Definitions:

Scramble Competition

See Exploitation Competition.

Intraspecific

Pertaining to interactions or relationships occurring within the same species, such as competition or mating.

Negative Feedback

A regulatory mechanism in which a stimulus causes an opposite output in order to maintain an optimal level of whatever is being regulated.

Density Dependent

Factors whose effects on the size or growth of the population vary with the population density.