Conflict and IPV / Ch. 11 & 12 - pp.482-492 Flashcards

Meg

1
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What are the 5 most common topics in marriages?

A

– Children (Differences in parenting styles, discipline, childcare duties)
– Chores (who does what)
– Money (spending, wages, bills, etc.)
– Free Time (spending together, vs activities)
– Communication (Spouse not listening, understanding)

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Frequent conflict lowers _______

A

relationship quality

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3
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T/F: most fights arise from nothing

A

True

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4
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What is the most important thing about conflict?

A

How it is handled

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Who developed the four horseman based on observing couples for 30 years?

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Gottman

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T/F: Gottman’s work is empirically tested?

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False

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What are gottman’s four horsemen?

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  1. criticism
  2. comtempt
  3. defensiveness
  4. stonewalling
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Four Horsemen: Criticism

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– Attacking partner’s personality and character
– “Kitchen-sinking”

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Four Horsemen: Contempt

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– Trying to insult or psychologically abuse partner
– Name-calling, sarcasm

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Four Horsemen: Defensiveness

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– Seeing self as victim
– Cross-Complaining
– “Yes-butting”
– Mind-reading (e.g., “I know how you think.”)
– Rubber Man/Woman (e.g., “I’m rude - YOU’RE rude!”)

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Four Horsemen: Stonewalling

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– Stony silence, removing self physically
– Withdrawa

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12
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What is kitchen sinking? (associated with four horsemen: criticism)

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when couples are fighting about one thing, but someone starts throwing a bunch of other things in the mix to fight about

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13
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What is often the first step in the demand/withdraw pattern?

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Stonewalling

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What is the demand/withdraw pattern?

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demanding criticizes, nags, makes demands; withdrawer avoids confrontation, withdraws, becomes defensive

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Demand/withdraw patterns are strongly linked to _____

A

gender

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What are two “accounts” associated with gender and demand/withdraw patterns?

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sociostructural and physiological

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What are two gender-related sociostructural accounts (demand/withdraw)

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– Women are more likely than men to ask their partner to change
– Women are often thrust into the demander role and men respond
with withdrawal

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18
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What are common demands that women make?

A

help with household chores, child care, and express more intimacy

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What is one physiological account (demand/withdraw)

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Men tend to get more aroused by conflict with their partners and
tend to withdraw to regulate this arousal

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What are 3 things that demand/withdraw is associated with?

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relational outcomes
wellness outcomes
communication outcomes

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What is one of gottman’s quotes that is the main takeaway of conflict?

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Not whether you fight, its how you fight that matters

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22
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Name the ways to resolve conflict from most destructive to most constructive (5)

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separation
domination
compromise
integrative agreements
structural improvements

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Name the ways to resolve conflict from most constructive to most destructive (5)

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structural improvement
integrative agreements
comrpomise
domination
separation

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What is the most destructive way of “resolving conflict”?

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separation

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What is the most constructive way of resolving conflict?

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structural imrpovement

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What is separation? (resolving conflict)

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Withdrawal of one or both partners without conflict
being resolved

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What is domination? (resolving conflict)

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One partner continues to pursue his or her goals,
while the other gives in

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What is compromise? (resolving conflict)

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Both partners give up their original ideal in favor of a
mutually acceptable alternative

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What is integrative agreements? (resolving conflict)

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Satisfy both partners’ original ideals

30
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What is structural improvement? (resolving conflict)

A

When argument results in fundamental
positive change in the relationship

31
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Conflict can be good, but can vary depending on personality of the individuals such as ________ and ________

A

self-esteem and attachment style

32
Q

Conflict can be good, but can vary as a function of a person’s implicit theories such as _______ vs. _______ beliefs

A

growth vvs. destiny

33
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Conflict can be good, but can vary depending on ______ and _____ to accomodate partners bad behaviour

A

motivation and ability

34
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conflict can be good, but depends on (4)

A

personality
implicit theories
whether conflict is resolved
motivation and ability to accomodate partner

35
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What are the four types of accommodation responses?

A

exit (active/negative)
voice (active/positive)
loyalty (passive/positive)
neglect (passive/negative)

36
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What is the exit strategy?

A

Separating, moving out of a joint residence, actively abusing one’s
partner, breaking up, divorcing, threatening to leave, or screaming at
one’s partner

37
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What is the voice strategy?

A

Discussing problems, seeking help from a friend or therapist,
suggesting solutions, changing oneself, or urging one’s partner to
change

38
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What is the loyalty strategy?

A

Waiting and hoping that things will improve, supporting the partner in
the face of criticism, or praying for improvement

39
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What is the neglect strategy?

A

Ignoring the partner or spending less time together, avoiding
discussing problems, treating the partner poorly (being cross with
him or her), criticizing the partner for things unrelated to the real
problem, or just letting things fall apart

40
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What is the passive/negative accommodation behaviour?

A

neglect

41
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What is the active/negative accommodation behaviour?

A

exit

42
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What is the passive/positive accommodation behaviour?

A

loyalty

43
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What is the active/positive accommodation behaviour?

A

voice

44
Q

What are people’s automatic accommodation response?

A

negative

45
Q

To respond with positive accommodation, it requires __________ and _______. Give an example.

A

self control and time (e.g., counting to ten)

46
Q

Both partner’s tendency to accommodate linked with _______ ________ _______

A

higher relationship quality

47
Q

Both ____ and _____ are constructive, and work for accommodation

A

loyalty and voice

48
Q

both _____ and _______ are destructive and do not work

A

exit and neglect

49
Q

are pro-relational responses to provocations always a good thing? (hint: aggression)

A

no.
Aggressive hunsbands + less forgiving wives = less aggression over time
Aggressive husbands + forgiving wives = no change

50
Q

Females are ___x more likely to be victims of IPV

A

2x (or 3x) - lecture inconsistent

51
Q

What age range of girls most likely to be victims of IPV?

A

12-24

52
Q

Women who are victims of IPV are more likely to result in ______.

a) getting upset
b) leaving
c) injury
d) PTSD

A

Injury

53
Q

___% of intimate partner homicide victims are women

A

79%

54
Q

Study: Dating Violence Study (Straus)

What was the study about?

A

university students asked about minor (e.g., shoving) and major assaults (e.g., choking, punching, knife)

55
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Study: Dating Violence Study (Straus)

What did they find?

A

29% of students report physically assaulting partner
10% report severe assault
more women report assaulting partner
women more likely to be injured

56
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T/F: findings on IPV are controversial based on gender and perpetrating violence

A

True

56
Q

Is assault more common in married or dating couples?

A

Dating

56
Q

T/F: Among couples where only one partner is violent, men are more likely to be
perpetrators

A

False

56
Q

T/F: men and women report assaulting partners at equal rates

A

True

57
Q

Most studies on IPV come from _______ data.

A

self-report

58
Q

Survey data misses out on _____/_____ aspect of IPV

A

coercive/controlling

59
Q

What are the two types of IPV?

A

Situational couple violence/intimate terrorism

60
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What is situational couple violence?

A

Arises in the context of specific arguments that turn aggressive, then violent

61
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Who is most to blame for situational couple violence?

A

50/50 - gender symmetrical

62
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Is situational couple violence more likely to occur in same-sex or opposite-sex relationships?

A

Equally likely

63
Q

What is intimate terrorism?

A

Arises from one partner using violence to coerce or exert control over the other

64
Q

What gender is most likely to perpetrate intimate terrorism?

A

over 90% men

65
Q

Is intimate terrorism more likely to occur in same-sex or opposite-sex relationships?

A

heterosexual

66
Q

Where is date collected for intimate terrorism?

A

shelters, hospitals, police records

67
Q

Is intimate terrorism or situational couple violence more common?

A

situational, however it is less intense than intimate terrorism

68
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A