Answer to Question 1
The student should indicate that men tend to engage in report talk, which is factual and informative. Men's talk is authoritative, status seeking, and problem solving. Men tend to interrupt conservations more often than women. Men do not talk about everyday details. The goal of conversation is not to build intimacy.
Answer to Question 2
The student should assert that there are four types of child custody arrangement in the U.S. First is sole custody, which makes up 81 of all cases. In sole custody, the mother usually has the children and the father has visitation rights. In joint custody (16 of cases), the parents share the children physically and /or legally share in all decision making. In split custody (about 2 of cases), some of the children live with one parent and some live with the other. In third-party custody (about 1 of cases), the children live with someone other than their parents.
