CHAPTER 10 Flashcards
Conflict
A results of one person interfering with another person’s ability to pursue this or her goals
Coding System
Any one of several schemes researchers use for classifying observed behaviors
Affect
Feeling or emotional expression; the emotional component of verbal and nonverbal communication
Structural Model of Marital Interaction
The idea that 3 areas of behavior distinguish happy and unhappy couples when they are trying to resolve a relationship problem
What are the 3 behaviors in the Structural Model of Marital Interaction?
The positivity and negativity of their behaviour
The amount of predictability of behaviors between them
Their ability to exit cycles of reciprocal negative behavior
Cognitive Editing
The tendency in happy couples to respond to a partner’s negative behaviors neutrally or positively
Reactivity Hypothesis
The idea that unhappy couples are more sensitive and responsible to immediate events in their relationship, regardless of whether the events are positive or negative
Talk Table
A technique for studying couple interactions in which speakers rate the intent of their own messages and the impact of their partners’ messages, thus enabling researchers to identify sources of miscommunication
Demand/Withdraw Pattern
A behavioral sequence common in distressed relationships in which one partner expresses a desire for change and the other partner resists change by disengaging from the interaction
Polarized
Referring to polar opposites; in an intimate relationship, a couple is polarized when the two partners adopt opposing viewpoints in an argument
Cross-Validation
A strategy in which a researcher takes a specific finding in one study and tries to repeat it precisely with a second sample of data