5Neff and Karney (2004) Conducted a Study Where They Contacted

question 63

Essay

5.Neff and Karney (2004) conducted a study where they contacted newlyweds every 6 months for the first 3 years of marriage. At every contact, spouses were asked to imagine what they would think if their partners acted in an insensitive way (e.g., failing to listen, acting cool or distant). Spouses were also asked to describe the sorts of stresses they had experienced outside the relationship since the last assessment. What was the main implication of this study?

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Definitions:

Cultural Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of particular types of people or things that ignore individual differences.

Anti-Miscegenation Laws

Laws that enforced racial segregation by prohibiting interracial marriage and sometimes also interracial sexual relations.

Racial Bias

Prejudice or preferential treatment towards individuals or groups based on their race or ethnicity.

Death Penalty

A legal punishment where an individual is sentenced to death by the state as a penalty for a crime.