Exam 6: Personality and Personal History

Despite being a single parent, Nancy enjoys spending time with her friends and attends parties whenever she can. She also runs her own business, making children's toys, which she sells through a website she maintains herself. In order to get her work done while her children are in school, Nancy must be very organized and schedule her time carefully. These behaviors reflect which personality traits?

12.Barbara and Sean have been married 5 years; Barbara's parents divorced when she was 14, and Sean's parents are still married. Their friends, Ksenia and Eke, have been married 2 years; Ksenia's parents are still married, and Eke's parents divorced when he was 11. Both couples participate in a study about couple communication, where they are observed in the laboratory discussing relationship difficulties with their spouses. Based on the material in the textbook about communication patterns in couples with intact or divorced parents, how would you expect Barbara's, Sean's, Ksenia's, and Eke's communication patterns to differ?

In a longitudinal study spanning 50 years of marriage, how was neuroticism related to marital outcome?

15.After being married 6 years, Sarah forgets the birthday of her wife, Amanda. Your textbook points out that internal working models of attachment affect how we view interpersonal events. Discuss how Amanda's interpretations about Sarah's behavior might differ depending on whether she is high or low in anxiety and avoidance.

Which of the following statements about how personality traits affect intimate relationships is NOT accurate?

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?

What is the main premise of the dependency regulation model?

4.Describe the dependency regulation model and the four key phases.

3.Does personality affect relationship quality, or does relationship quality affect personality?

What prediction would follow from Sandra Murray and her colleagues' dependency regulation model?

Which of the following statements about how personality traits affect intimate relationships is accurate?

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 with him. Which of the following best fits Berndt's approach to relationships?

10.The parents of 9-year-old Wolfgang have just divorced. From your textbook, you know that a number of factors can undermine Wolfgang's adjustment (e.g., parental conflict, economic difficulties). How can Wolfgang minimize the impact of these adverse effects (although he may not consciously be aware of doing so)?

Dr. Allison is examining whether generosity and empathy are related to marital satisfaction in a study of newlyweds. What approach to relationships is Dr. Allison using?

Chantey is low in agreeableness. Her husband is likely to report that she:

After being married 6 years, Sarah doesn't get Amanda a gift for her birthday. Your 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?

People with similar personality traits generally ________ in intimate relationships, yet partners who have ________ personalities tend to have happier relationships.

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?

Compared to individuals whose parents divorced, offspring from intact homes:

Approximately what percentage of children in the United States will experience the divorce of their parents before becoming adults?