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The effects of testosterone on marriage quality

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1
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What was the purpose of this article?

A

To examine the biological factors as they interact with sociological factors to predict martial quality

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What is the psychosocial factor that this study focused on?

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Marital Quality/Marriage

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What behavior is changed when post-menopausal women are given small doses of testosterone?

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Sexual drive increases

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What is the fraction of testosterone women product compared to men?

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1/10th

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What is the relationship between testosterone and antisocial behavior?

(aggression, violence)

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Positive Correlation

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High levels testosterone has been shown to significantly be associated with which type of antisocial behaviors?

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Aggression, sensation seeking, and impulsive behavior

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Which mediating variables did this study use to predict marital quality and stability?

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Socioeconomic status (SES); Poor marriage material; age

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Testosterone and sensation seeking (extramarital sex) have what type of relationship?

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Positive Correlation - High levels in Testosterone will increase sensation seeking behaviors

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Define Standard Deviation

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a measure that is used to quantify the amount of variation of a set of data values

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What is the operational definition of socioeconomic status in this study?

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Education level, Income, and Occupational status

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What is the operational definition of poor marriage material in the study?

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Alcohol abuse, trouble with the law, and unemployment

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What is the predictor (DV) in this study?

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Marriage quality and stability

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Decline in testosterone is associated with the ________ in age

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Increase

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What is the operational definition of marital quality in this study?

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Separation, infidelity, and abuse

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What are some of the limitations of this study?

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heterosexual sample, self-report measure (patients could potentially lie)

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What is the hypothesis in this study?

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the relation between age and higher marital quality is due to a decline in testosterone production

16
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Higher testosterone production is associated with? (Six total associations)

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increase aggression, increase infidelity, increase abuse, increase marital instability, increase divorce, and decrease in likelihood to get married

17
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Men with higher levels of testosterone are ___________ likely to marry and _____________ to divorce.

A

less; more

18
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Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% likely to never marry to those 1STD below the mean

A

50%

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Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% (more/less) likely to have divorced compared to those 1STD below the mean

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43% more

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Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% (more/less) to have separated because they were not getting along compared to those 1STD below the mean

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31% more

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Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% more likely to have extramarital sex compared to those 1STD below the mean

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38%

22
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Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% more likely to hit their wives compared to those 1STD below the mean

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12%

23
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What is the mediator in this study?

A

Testosterone

24
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A third variable that makes associations stronger or weaker, not caused by the independent variable

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Moderator

25
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A variable that is predicted by the independent variable, it explains the mechanism by which the independent variable causes the dependent variable

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Mediator

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Increase in age causes a(an) ______________ in testosterone resulting in ________________ marital quality

A

decrease; increase

27
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Based on the study, poor marriage material and SES ____________ the relationship between testosterone and martial quality.

A

Mediate

28
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What is the psychosocial factor in this study?

A

Marriage

29
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What is the biological factor in this study?

A

Testosterone Production

30
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What are the sociological factors in this study?

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Education and Occupational Status = SES

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What is the independent variable in this study?

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Age

32
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What is locus of control?

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the degree in which people believe they have control over the outcome of events in their lives

33
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Individuals who believe their own abilities and actions greatly influence what happens to them

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Internal locus of control

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Individuals who believe that forces beyond their influence determine the outcome of events

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External locus of control

35
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Individuals who are responsible of their outcome have what type of locus of control?

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Internal

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