Deck 11: Conflict

Question 1

Mark and Anita are fighting over what to do on their first 4th of July as a couple. Mark wants to go to the lake with a group of friends to celebrate the holiday as he has always done. Anita wants to stay at home, just the two of them, and barbeque in their backyard. Mark and Anita are involved in a dialectic tension between:

A) autonomy and connection to others.
B) independence and nurturance.
C) integration with and separation from others.
D) openness and closedness.

Answer 1

integration with and separation from others.

Question 2

According to a study by Heaven, people are likely to have more conflicts if they are:

A) low in extraversion.
B) low in openness to experience.
C) high in conscientiousness.
D) high in neuroticism.

Answer 2

high in neuroticism.

Question 3

According to a study conducted by Papp, which of the following issues is the most frequent source of conflict for those who are parents?

A) Care for and discipline of children
B) Household duties
C) Money
D) A partner's or one's own traits

Answer 3

Care for and discipline of children

Question 4

With regard to Peterson's categories of events that instigate conflicts, ________ involves situations in which one person appeals to another for a desired reaction and the other person fails to respond as expected.

A) criticism
B) rebuff
C) illegitimate demand
D) cumulative annoyance

Question 5

With regard to Peterson's categories of events that instigate conflict, ________ are relatively trivial events that become irritating with repetition.

A) criticisms
B) rebuffs
C) illegitimate demands
D) cumulative annoyances

Question 6

Which of the following is true of conflicts in the relationships of gay and lesbian couples?

A) They fight in vastly different ways compared with heterosexual couples.
B) They generally fight over the same topics as heterosexual couples.
C) They fight over issues unique to gay and lesbian relationships.
D) None of the answers is correct; they hardly ever disagree.

Question 7

According to Winterheld, an effective strategy to manage anger is to:

A) express it as soon as one feels angry.
B) ignore it and pretend it does not exist.
C) use humor to diffuse the situation.
D) vent it on objects rather than people.

Question 8

According to Peterson's general model of conflict, when an instigating event occurs, the first choice point is to decide whether:

A) to address the issue or to avoid it.
B) to escalate the issue or to start negotiating it.
C) to separate or to compromise.
D) to dominate or to favor structural improvement.

Question 9

According to the social structure hypothesis, men are more likely than women to be withdrawers in a relationship because:

A) they are more expressive than women.
B) they generally have more power in the relationship.
C) they are more communal than women.
D) they generally have less autonomy in the relationship.

Question 10

Which of the following is a direct tactic in negotiation?

A) Offering self-disclosure with "I" statements
B) Providing humor
C) Exhibiting support for one's point of view through paraphrasing
D) Changing the topic

Question 11

With regard to Caryl Rusbult's four different types of responses to conflict, ________ is defined as behaving in a passive but constructive manner by optimistically waiting and hoping for conditions to improve.

A) voice
B) exit
C) loyalty
D) neglect

Question 12

Rusbult identified the ability to remain constructive in the face of a lover's temporary disregard as:

A) avoidance.
B) accommodation.
C) validation.
D) destruction.

Question 13

Andrew and Mary often have heated arguments. During these brawls, they plunge into fiery efforts to persuade and influence each other. On some days, one of them even storms out of the house in anger. After a couple of hours, though, when their tempers have cooled, they joke about the incident and decide to find a solution on amicable terms. According to Gottman's classification of couples based on approaches to conflict, Andrew and Mary can be described as:

A) avoiders.
B) hostiles.
C) validators.
D) volatiles.