Exam 8: Managing Differences

Many partners do not view the aggression in their relationship as a significant problem. What is a potential explanation for this finding?

2.Imagine you are a researcher studying marital conflict. Married couples are videotaped in your lab while they discuss and try to resolve an important marital disagreement. You then code each speaking turn by both partners based on a coding system you have developed. Name four codes (or categories) to which you might assign the observed behaviors, and provide an example of each.

7.One creative approach to studying how partners make sense of the behaviors they send and receive during a disagreement is the talk table. Imagine you are a researcher using this method and Codruta and Sonia are a couple participating in your study. What instructions would you give to Codruta and Sonia about how to structure their problem-solving discussion?

Which of the following is true of the demand/withdraw interaction pattern?

In a videotaped discussion, a husband says, ÒI feel really uncomfortable whenever we discuss our sexual relationship.Ó His wife responds, ÒI know this is difficult for you. What if we wrote down our thoughts first and then read them out loud to each other?Ó How would you code the wife's statement?