Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the “Submit my answers” button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:

Which of the following is an example of contemptuous communicative behaviour?
a) Saying “I can’t stand it when you chew with your mouth open.”
b) Saying “I’m not surprised you don’t understand why I’m angry. You are one of the stupidest people I’ve ever met.”
c) Saying “If we had sex more I wouldn’t be so cranky.”
d) Refusing to answer the phone when a partner calls during an argument.

Question 2:

Tasha and Micah are arguing and Tasha throws a book across the room. When she sees how shocked Micah is she says, “I wouldn’t have thrown the book if you hadn’t made me so angry.” What communicative behaviour is Tasha exhibiting?
a) Contempt
b) Defensiveness
c) Criticism
d) Stonewalling

Question 3:

Tim and Shawna both work full time. Shawna complains that Tim doesn’t help enough with housework; Tim just leaves and goes for a drive. What type of communication BEST describes what is going on between Tim and Shawna?
a) Demand-withdraw
b) Stonewalling
c) Contempt
d) Negative reciprocity

Question 4:

The notion that women will be passive, positive, and conciliatory is consistent with which of the following?
a) The positive reciprocity hypothesis
b) The demand-withdraw hypothesis
c) The gender stereotype hypothesis
d) The Mars/Venus hypothesis

Question 5:

What is a common outcome of observational studies of intimate relationships?
a) Couples are better able to manage relationship problems.
b) There was either no effect of positive effects on the relationship.
c) Participants often have a negative reaction to their participation.
d) Couples offer to let videos of their arguments be part of researchers’ presentations.

Question 6:

Which of the following is true about the situations in which expectations influence outcomes of discussions?
a) Expectations have an impact whether the expectation is correct or incorrect.
b) Expectations have an impact if the expectation is incorrect.
c) Expectations have an impact if the expectation is correct.
d) Expectations have an impact if the expectation aligns with the person’s predictions about what the other will say.

Question 7:

Which of the following does research suggest can help resolve sexual incompatibilities in couples?
a) Working to change the more passive partner’s attitude
b) Avoiding discussion related to topics a couple does not agree on
c) Focusing on nonverbal communication
d) Working on sexual communication

Question 8:

Good research using blind coding employs who as the coders?
a) The primary investigator
b) A trained research assistant who was involved in the development of the study
c) A student who does not know the hypothesis of the study
d) Multiple independent researchers who know the hypothesis of the study

Question 9:

When distressed and non-distressed German and Australian couples were compared, what did researchers find?
a) German couples who were not distressed were more encouraging than Australian couples who were not distressed.
b) In general, German couples had more difficulty ending disagreements than Australian couples.
c) Australian couples who were not distressed were more encouraging than German couples who were not distressed.
d) There was no difference between Germans’ and Australians’ communication styles.

Question 10:

Which of the following is true about Israeli couples living in the United States?
a) Levels of verbal conflict were highly correlated with marital satisfaction.
b) Levels of verbal conflict were not related to marital satisfaction.
c) Levels of verbal conflict were related to nonverbal communication styles.
d) Levels of verbal conflict increased with sexual satisfaction.

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Human Sexuality: Chapter 13