PSYCH 320 Final Exam - Questions and Answers

PSYCH 320 Final Exam - Questions and Answers Cognitive-behavioral couple therapy tries to address spouses' tendency to notice some things and to ignore others, which is known as ______. selective attention An important goal of integrative behavioral couple therapy, or IBCT, is to teach spouses ____________________ adaptive emotional reactions to the nuisances they will inevitably face Engaged and newlywed couples who participate in premarital prevention programs are ___________less than half as likely to separate over the next 3 years as are couples who do not receive such education In the context of behavioral approaches, a classic intervention that focuses on unhappy couples' present interactions and seeks to replace any negative and punishing behavior with more gracious and generous actions is known as ______. behavioral couple therapy In addition to encouraging desirable behavior, a therapy that seeks to change various aspects of the ways partners think about and appraise their partnership is known as ______. cognitive-behavioral couple therapy In the context of behavioral approaches, an approach that seeks both to encourage more desirable behavior and to teach the partners to tolerantly accept the incompatibilities that they cannot change is known as ______. integrative behavioral couple therapy Unlike the parental loss view, the ______ model holds that the quality, not the quantity, of the parenting a child receives is key, and any stressor that distracts or debilitates one's parents can have detrimental effects. parental stress In the context of the aftermath of breakups, people with secure attachment styles fare better after breakups as they ____________ brood less and are more likely to accept the finality of the relationship's end Which of the following are true of the social networks of people going through divorce? The time they spend with friends increases, especially in the first year. Not all of the members of their social network are likely to be supportive. True or false: People who are committed to a partnership act in ways that encourage conflict in order to enrich the relationship. False The change in self-definition where people in committed relationships use more plural pronouns, with we, us, and ours replacing I, me, and mine is known as ______. cognitive interdependence A rose-colored perception that helps protect people's happiness by taking the sting out of a partner's occasional missteps is known as ____________ a positive illusion When committed partners tend to think that their relationships are better than most, and the happier they are, the more exceptional they consider their relationships to be, ______ occurs. perceived superiority In the context of cognitive maintenance mechanisms, contented lovers are relatively uninterested and unaware of how well they could be doing in alternative relationships, and this is known as ______. inattention to alternatives People who are committed to a partnership perceive themselves, their partners, and their relationship in ways that help to ______. sustain the partnership Cognitive maintenance mechanisms make people in committed relationships think of themselves as part of a _________ greater whole that includes them and their partners In the context of Dan Canary and Laura Stafford's relational maintenance strategies, the best predictors of how happy a marriage will be are ______. positivity, assurances, and sharing tasks In the context of cognitive maintenance mechanisms, committed partners idealize each other and perceive their relationship in the best possible light, and thus, think of each other with ______. positive illusions