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HDFS 2433 Final Exam NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
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1.Cognition refers to...
thought processes partners have in their
relationships
2.
What are schemas?
"thought maps"
Our brain establishes links between connected topics, making it easier to move
from one to the other
3.
Schemas result in...
certain positive or negative thoughts being associated with our partner or relationships in general
4.
What are attributions?
Assumptions we make about others We attribute certain reasons for other people's behaviors (ex.
"She did that be
cause she was tired.")
5.
What plays a large role in the success or failure of relation
ships?
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Attributions
6.
Distressed couples and attributions:
Use more attributions than non distressed couples
Attributions are more negative
Attribute partner's negative behavior to who they are (internal factors)
Expectations are more negative
7.
Non distressed couples and at tributions:
Attributions are more positive
Attribute partner's positive behavior to who they are (internal factors)
8.
What is affect?
Someone's general mood state
(Are they generally positive or negative?
Reserved or outgoing?)
9.
What does emotion refer to?
Someone experiencing a specific emotion or emotional blend
(Angry, sad, happy, afraid, etc.)
10. Emotions that do not seem to be problematic in marriages:
anger
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11. Emotions that tend to be problematic in marriages:
high-intensity emotions such as contempt or disgust
12. What are behaviors?
Things people do in relationships Are highly predictive of relationship success
13. What is behavior driven by?
A cognition-emotion cycle
14. Escalation vs. de-escalation
things go faster (fights and emotions)
15. Reciprocity
trading
16. Affection
good
17. Repair attempts
in the moment try to figure it out/keep things positive
18. Bids & turns
currency in relationship bank; never get bids back = negative outcome
19. Pursue/withdraw
one raises issue other does not
HDFS 2433 Final Exam NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
A+
1.Cognition refers to...
thought processes partners have in their
relationships
2.
What are schemas?
"thought maps"
Our brain establishes links between connected topics, making it easier to move
from one to the other
3.
Schemas result in...
certain positive or negative thoughts being associated with our partner or relationships in general
4.
What are attributions?
Assumptions we make about others We attribute certain reasons for other people's behaviors (ex.
"She did that be
cause she was tired.")
5.
What plays a large role in the success or failure of relation
ships?
,2
Attributions
6.
Distressed couples and attributions:
Use more attributions than non distressed couples
Attributions are more negative
Attribute partner's negative behavior to who they are (internal factors)
Expectations are more negative
7.
Non distressed couples and at tributions:
Attributions are more positive
Attribute partner's positive behavior to who they are (internal factors)
8.
What is affect?
Someone's general mood state
(Are they generally positive or negative?
Reserved or outgoing?)
9.
What does emotion refer to?
Someone experiencing a specific emotion or emotional blend
(Angry, sad, happy, afraid, etc.)
10. Emotions that do not seem to be problematic in marriages:
anger
, 3
11. Emotions that tend to be problematic in marriages:
high-intensity emotions such as contempt or disgust
12. What are behaviors?
Things people do in relationships Are highly predictive of relationship success
13. What is behavior driven by?
A cognition-emotion cycle
14. Escalation vs. de-escalation
things go faster (fights and emotions)
15. Reciprocity
trading
16. Affection
good
17. Repair attempts
in the moment try to figure it out/keep things positive
18. Bids & turns
currency in relationship bank; never get bids back = negative outcome
19. Pursue/withdraw
one raises issue other does not
