SPC Exam 3 with correct detailed| | | | | |
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Identify the four general complaints people have about their partner that leads
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to break-
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ups - Correct answer ✔1. Faults with the other person, too many negative
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qualities: lazy, stupid, no fun. | | | | |
2. Refusals to compromise for the good of the relationship. Partner cannot be
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influenced to change faults or add rewarding behaviors.
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3. Constraints: too many demands by the partner: boredom, lack of freedom, too
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much effort/work.
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4. Miscellaneous: reasons that didn't fit within other categories.
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Unilateral - Correct answer ✔One side ending the relationship.
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Unilateral and Indirect termination strategies: Avoidance, Relational Rues,
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Withdrawal of support and affection, Pseudo de escalation, cost escalation
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Unilateral and direct termination strategies: the direct dump, dating other
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people, justification, the relationship talk trick, threats and bullying, positive
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tone
Bilateral - Correct answer ✔Both side agreeing to part ways in the relationship.
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Bilateral and Indirect termination strategies: Fading away
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, Bilateral and Direct termination strategies: the blame game, the negotiated
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farewell
"The four horseman of the apocalypse of the marriage" - Correct answer
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✔Criticism, Defensiveness, Contempt, and Stonewalling | | | |
What is the divorce rate for first marriages and is it higher or lower for second
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marriages? - Correct answer ✔50% in first marriages and divorce rates are
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higher in second marriage.
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40% for individuals 18-19 and 24% individuals older than 25
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Identify and describe Gottman's Cascade Model of
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divorce - Correct answer ✔1. physiological responses: decline in marital
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satisfaction
2. flooding and negative sentiment override: consideration of separation
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3. recasting history of marriage and considering alternatives: separating and
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thinking about divorce | |
4. divorce
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Identify behaviors associated with the communication of Distance and
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Dissociation - Correct answer ✔Distance: avoidance (no longer talking like
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friends, no compliments, admiration, understanding decrease, avoidance)
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Dissociation: emphasizing individuality, | |
no longer using pet names/shortcuts,
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showing interest in activities that deviates from the relationship norm,
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diverging from normal communication/behavioral techniques
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solutions
Identify the four general complaints people have about their partner that leads
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to break-
|
ups - Correct answer ✔1. Faults with the other person, too many negative
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qualities: lazy, stupid, no fun. | | | | |
2. Refusals to compromise for the good of the relationship. Partner cannot be
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influenced to change faults or add rewarding behaviors.
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3. Constraints: too many demands by the partner: boredom, lack of freedom, too
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much effort/work.
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4. Miscellaneous: reasons that didn't fit within other categories.
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Unilateral - Correct answer ✔One side ending the relationship.
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Unilateral and Indirect termination strategies: Avoidance, Relational Rues,
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Withdrawal of support and affection, Pseudo de escalation, cost escalation
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Unilateral and direct termination strategies: the direct dump, dating other
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people, justification, the relationship talk trick, threats and bullying, positive
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tone
Bilateral - Correct answer ✔Both side agreeing to part ways in the relationship.
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Bilateral and Indirect termination strategies: Fading away
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, Bilateral and Direct termination strategies: the blame game, the negotiated
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farewell
"The four horseman of the apocalypse of the marriage" - Correct answer
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✔Criticism, Defensiveness, Contempt, and Stonewalling | | | |
What is the divorce rate for first marriages and is it higher or lower for second
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marriages? - Correct answer ✔50% in first marriages and divorce rates are
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higher in second marriage.
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40% for individuals 18-19 and 24% individuals older than 25
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Identify and describe Gottman's Cascade Model of
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divorce - Correct answer ✔1. physiological responses: decline in marital
| | | | | | | | | |
satisfaction
2. flooding and negative sentiment override: consideration of separation
| | | | | | | |
3. recasting history of marriage and considering alternatives: separating and
| | | | | | | | | |
thinking about divorce | |
4. divorce
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Identify behaviors associated with the communication of Distance and
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Dissociation - Correct answer ✔Distance: avoidance (no longer talking like
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friends, no compliments, admiration, understanding decrease, avoidance)
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Dissociation: emphasizing individuality, | |
no longer using pet names/shortcuts,
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showing interest in activities that deviates from the relationship norm,
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diverging from normal communication/behavioral techniques
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