After Living Together for a Year, Sylvia and Yefim Have

question 46

Multiple Choice

After living together for a year, Sylvia and Yefim have decided to marry. Research on premarital cohabitation most strongly suggests that

• A) they have more positive attitudes toward the institution of marriage than the average couple.
• B) their marriage will have a higher-than-average probability of being successful.
• C) most of their college friends and acquaintances have viewed their cohabitation negatively.
• D) their marriage will have a higher-than-average probability of ending in divorce.

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Definitions:

Biases

Prejudices or predispositions towards or against something or someone, often in an unfair manner.

Personality Dimensions

Broad categories used to describe and quantify individual differences in personality traits.

Introversion

A quality of personality defined by an emphasis on inner emotions over external stimuli.

Life Span

Life span denotes the total length of time an organism is expected to live, from birth to death, considering genetic and environmental factors.