Show Page 14 The Utah Statesman Wednesday October 14 1981 Reason why couples marry not as rational as believed The reasons why couples make the jump from dating to marriage may not be as rational as believed The true motives lie somewhere between folklore and social research Some theories range from “opposites attract” to “like marries like” Catherine Surra assistant professor in family and human development at Utah State University thinks marriage decisions may be a series of turning points Surra along with graduate student Joan Warham will be surveying couples in Cache Valley to determine what cirdecision-makin- g martheir led to and cumstances up process riage decisions “One of the things we will be looking at is how activities change during the course of dating” Surra says “We find that the types of activities dating couples do change as they approach the marriage decision Dating becomes less formal and the couples start doing more mundane things together like shopping and clothes washing” According to Surra “The marriage decision is usually preceded by some major event such as getting a job graduation a short separation an argument final parental approval or premarital pregnancy’’ One of the instruments Surra and Warham will be using is a graph of marriage probability “We will ask the individuals to recall the months or years leading up to marriage and ask them to respond to how certain they were of marriage at different points during the courtship” She says the couples will also be asked to explain what circumstances changed their probabilities of gening married during courtship Surra and Warham hope the study will show some of the different paths leading to marriage INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WORK IN THE ONE QUARTER OF FULL-TIM- E WHITE HOUSE OR WITH A SENATOR CONGRESSMAN STATE LEGISLATOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY OR RALPH NADEIVC CONGRESS WATCH FOR FURTHER INFORMATION & APPLICATIONS OPPORTUNITY EXPERIENCE INVOLVEKBJT EIGHT TO FIFTEEN UNITS OF CREDIT MOST INTERNSHIPS PAID OPEN TO ALL MAJORS CONTACT THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OLD MAIN 310 750-130- 0 APPLICATIONS FOR WINTER & SPRING QUARTER DUE: OCTOBER 30 DC WASHINGTON $339 USU GOVERNMENT ROUND TRSP XjOmMjBT 50 N Main Suite 212 753-790- 0 VERSATILE SHELLS INDIVIDUALLY STYLED TECHNICALLY DESIGNED (Qfarfsf CUBgOKEe - 0 vegATILE wiu 60 pownett IT Cfeovi-COUHT- rs OR-- tH £4tMd HIV-JKJ- Kacksmzj e- A UMI OOEr PUU - COfiM lOKJAftLE AMO PUKICTIOMAU CVETZ- W1TM BA4VON-0C- P 4ce zjp ANC MAKIV M0e£l aiatfaisKi&sPQBTs 1031 NORTHMAN LOGAN 752-077- 2 11 J I UTAH 84321 fSZial entBbur presenting handicapped student performers in conjunction with Handicap Awareness Week Wednesday October 14 12:30 Sunburst LounS |