________ Refers to the Specific Ways That Married Couples Define

question 13

Multiple Choice

________ refers to the specific ways that married couples define their behavior and structure their time.

• A) Marital roles
• B) Marital burnout
• C) Marital bargaining
• D) Marital conflict

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Definitions:

Social Construction

The theory that many aspects of reality, including social norms and knowledge, are created and maintained through social interactions and agreements among societal members.

Objective Reality

A concept referring to the existence of an external, independent reality that is not influenced by individual feelings, interpretations, or perceptions.

Achieved Statuses

Social positions that are acquired through an individual's own efforts, talents, or choices, as opposed to ascribed statuses, which are inherited.

Ascribed Statuses

Refers to the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life, based on factors like race, family heritage, and gender.