Alan and Allison Have Been Married Ten Years

question 103

Multiple Choice

Alan and Allison have been married ten years. According to research by Gottman and his colleagues, which of the following ways of dealing with their anger is likely to help keep their marriage happy?

• A)not engaging in conflict to begin with
• B)responding defensively to conflict
• C)making frequent repair attempts
• D)not responding to conflict at all

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Definitions:

Intercept Term

A reworded definition; represents the constant value in a linear model that shows the outcome's expected value when all predictors equal zero.

Interaction Term

In regression analysis, it's a variable created from the product of two or more variables to assess how the simultaneous influence of those variables on the outcome differs from the sum of their individual effects.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is expected to change as a result of changes made to the independent variable.

First-Order Polynomial Model

A mathematical model of a linear relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable, characterized by having no exponents higher than one.