Many Changes Have Occurred to Marriage in the Past Generation

question 47

Multiple Choice

Many changes have occurred to marriage in the past generation, including:

• A)fewer people support same-sex marriage, but more support civil unions.
• B)fewer people have nonmarital sex.
• C)large increases in the number of people who never marry.
• D)more couples want to share the breadwinning role.
• E)fewer dual-earner households.

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Definitions:

Reciprocal

Reciprocal involves a mutual or cooperative exchange of actions or relations, such as mutual respect, or in mathematics, as a mathematical expression indicating inverseness.

Rewarding

pertains to the act of providing a positive response or reinforcement following a desired behavior, increasing the likelihood of the behavior's recurrence.

Proximal

Situated nearer to the center of the body or the point of attachment.

Reciprocity

A social principle that involves exchanging things with others for mutual benefit.