Relationships Quiz 6
After being married 6 years, Sarah does not get Amanda a gift for her birthday. The textbook points out that internal working models of attachment affect how we view interpersonal events. Which of the following interpretations about Sarah's behavior might we expect Amanda to make if she is low in both anxiety and avoidance?
"Sarah knows how much rampant consumerism bothers me; she was trying to be considerate when not buying anything for me."
After being married 6 years, Sarah does not get Amanda a gift for her birthday. The textbook points out that internal working models of attachment affect how we view interpersonal events. Which of the following interpretations about Sarah's behavior might we expect Amanda to make if she is high in both anxiety and avoidance?
"Sarah must still be mad at me because I forgot to pick up her dry cleaning last week."
** Approximately what percentage of children in the US will experience divorce of their parents? **
40 percent
The percentage of children who have an adverse outcome following parental divorce is _____.
40 to 60 percent
Relatively secure women who are experiencing anxiety about an impending nonrelationship stressor seek contact with their partners, and the resulting support (physical proximity) reduces the women's distress. From an attachment perspective, what conclusion can you draw from this?
Attachment behaviors, such as seeking closeness, serve to regulate distressing emotions.
Sociologist Paul Amato has studied how the well-being of adults is related to the state of their parents' marriages when the participants were children. Based on his findings, which of the following individuals would you expect to have the HIGHEST well-being as adults?
Beckett, whose parents occasionally argued when he was young but they never divorced
Berndt enjoys spending time with his romantic partner, but he seldom talks with her about relationship issues or concerns. He prefers that his partner talk with her friends when she is upset about something because he is not comfortable discussing relationship issues and does not think that it is useful for her to talk about such issues with him. Which of the following best fits Berndt's approach to relationships?
Berndt has a fearful (insecure) attachment style: he is worried that if he talks with his partner about her relationship concerns, she will end up breaking up with him.
Sociologist Paul Amato has studied how the well-being of adults is related to the state of their parents' marriages when the participants were children. What best represents the findings of that study?
If the parents had little discord and divorced, or if the parents' marriage had a lot of discord but the couple remained married, the children had the poorest well-being as adults.
After two kids and 10 years of marriage, James and Sarah divorce. According to research on divorced families, which of the following statements is most accurate?
James and Sarah's children will be less well adjusted if their parents' marriage was characterized by high conflict versus low conflict.
After two kids and 10 years of marriage, James and Sarah divorce. According to research on divorced families, which of the following statements is most accurate?
James and Sarah's children will have higher levels of well-being if their parents' marriage was characterized by high conflict versus low conflict.
How does the experience of divorce in the family of origin relate to the adult children's communication in intimate relationships?
Men with divorced parents express more disagreement, invalidation, and less negative listening than men from intact families.
Sociologist Paul Amato has studied how the well-being of adults is related to the state of their parents' marriages when the participants were children. Based on his findings, which of the following individuals would you expect to have the LOWEST well-being as adults?
Phaelan, whose parents' marriage had a lot of discord when he was young but they never divorced
** What is the primary idea of attachment theory? **
The nature of the early childhood bond with caregivers influences the bonds created in adult relationships.
In longitudinal studies of outcomes for children of divorced families, one result is that:
although divorce doubles the risk of adverse outcomes for children of divorce, most children of divorce eventually do quite well.
** In attachment theory, adults differ along the two main dimensions of: **
anxiety and avoidance
Regarding attachment theory, which of the following is true?
anxiety stems from inconsistent and unavailable care giving
Compared to individuals whose parents divorced, offspring from intact homes:
are more likely to focus on school and work, and therefore are more socioeconomically successful.
Linda is thought to have an insecure attachment style. Which of the following is NOT one way she can reduce her sense of insecurity?
decrease her physical closeness
** According to Sanders and colleagues (1999), women and men with divorced parents, as compared to those whose parents have intact marriages, expressed more __________ when discussing relationship problems. **
disagreement
How would attachment theorists classify adults who are high on the self-relevant dimension of anxiety and high on the other-relevant dimension of avoidance?
fearful
** Compared to secure individuals, insecure individuals (high anxiety and/or high avoidance) tend to: **
maximize to impact of negative relationship events
While Nicole's coworkers often describe her as being very organized and compliant, they also agree that she is very friendly and receptive to feedback. This becomes encoded as _____ aspects of _____.
other-relevant; avoidance
How would attachment theorists classify adults who are low on the self-relevant dimension of anxiety and low on the other-relevant dimension of avoidance?
secure
According to attachment theory, experiences in early relationships are internalized as ________. Research has shown that these early experiences ________ later attachment relationships.
working models; determine satisfaction in
