FLHD 4250 Midterm Exam Questions
and Answers Graded A+
What are the risks of loneliness or not having close relationships? - Correct
answer-Increased risk of heart attack, more dangerous than the risk of smoking
How do married people compare to single people? - Correct answer-Better sex life,
lower risk of depression, more wealth, better physical health and live longer, less
likely to engage in binge drinking and drug use
What is the spillover effect? - Correct answer-When there is conflict in the
marriage, the parenting quality goes down
What impact does marriage have on children? - Correct answer-A weak marriage
weakens your parenting. There is a direct link between children's cortisol (stress
hormone) levels and parents' level of conflict.
Why good people still choose the wrong person? - Correct answer-Their belief in
people's ability to change, giving second and third chances where they shouldn't
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, Why is love sometimes blind? - Correct answer-People lack head knowledge ("If I
only knew what I know now") or lack heart knowledge ("I guess I was just too
much in love")
Why we choose the wrong person and how can we avoid it? - Correct answer-
Accelerating the pace of a relationship, causing you to think you know your
partner when you don't. Avoid it using the Relationship Attachment Model (RAM).
What are the jerk warning signs? - Correct answer-When you don't know where
you stand with them, they never apologize, people you trust don't like them
Overall tips for avoiding the wrong person - Correct answer-Never go further in
one bonding dynamic than you have gone in the previous.
Understand how the different attachment styles would respond to their partner (or
others) in distress - Correct answer-Secure: they can access both the thinking side
and feeling side of the brain-being both rational and emotionally available. They
don't walk around in fear.
Avoidant: thinking brain takes over, and feeling brain shuts down. Consequently,
when their feelings or their partner's feelings attempt to come up, they'll try
shutting the argument down quickly.
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and Answers Graded A+
What are the risks of loneliness or not having close relationships? - Correct
answer-Increased risk of heart attack, more dangerous than the risk of smoking
How do married people compare to single people? - Correct answer-Better sex life,
lower risk of depression, more wealth, better physical health and live longer, less
likely to engage in binge drinking and drug use
What is the spillover effect? - Correct answer-When there is conflict in the
marriage, the parenting quality goes down
What impact does marriage have on children? - Correct answer-A weak marriage
weakens your parenting. There is a direct link between children's cortisol (stress
hormone) levels and parents' level of conflict.
Why good people still choose the wrong person? - Correct answer-Their belief in
people's ability to change, giving second and third chances where they shouldn't
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, Why is love sometimes blind? - Correct answer-People lack head knowledge ("If I
only knew what I know now") or lack heart knowledge ("I guess I was just too
much in love")
Why we choose the wrong person and how can we avoid it? - Correct answer-
Accelerating the pace of a relationship, causing you to think you know your
partner when you don't. Avoid it using the Relationship Attachment Model (RAM).
What are the jerk warning signs? - Correct answer-When you don't know where
you stand with them, they never apologize, people you trust don't like them
Overall tips for avoiding the wrong person - Correct answer-Never go further in
one bonding dynamic than you have gone in the previous.
Understand how the different attachment styles would respond to their partner (or
others) in distress - Correct answer-Secure: they can access both the thinking side
and feeling side of the brain-being both rational and emotionally available. They
don't walk around in fear.
Avoidant: thinking brain takes over, and feeling brain shuts down. Consequently,
when their feelings or their partner's feelings attempt to come up, they'll try
shutting the argument down quickly.
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