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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, “Scientific Truth ... and Love”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?
(a) Noticed.
(b) Square.
(c) Broke.
(d) Different.

2. A sociologist argued that the changes in American attitudes towards marriage after World War I were the consequence of what in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?
(a) Changes in wealth distribution.
(b) Changes in global politics.
(c) Technological and associated social changes.
(d) Spiritual and scientific changes.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.
(a) Wishes.
(b) Actions.
(c) Fate.
(d) Luck.

4. What is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior?
(a) Biology.
(b) Psychopathology.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Meteorology.

5. What did not differ in the first four decades of the twentieth century from their nineteenth century counterparts?
(a) Infant mortality.
(b) The sexual behaviors of youth.
(c) Life expectancy.
(d) The average age of marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a technique used in psychoanalysis which was originally devised by Sigmund Freud out of the hypnotic method of Josef Breuer?

2. The power of what declined as women entered the workforce according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

3. What became more important as more forms of “upkeep” appeared in contemporary society, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

4. What is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel one's own desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts?

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love" love and marriage were to be regulated by whom?

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