Cutrona and Colleagues (2003)studied the Effect of Neighborhoods on African

question 22

Multiple Choice

Cutrona and colleagues (2003) studied the effect of neighborhoods on African American couples' marriages.What best describes their findings?

• A) The affluence of neighborhoods had less effect on marital satisfaction than acute stressors.
• B) Couples in affluent and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods had similar levels of marital satisfaction.
• C) Couples in affluent neighborhoods had lower marital satisfaction than couples in the economically disadvantaged neighborhoods because social networks in the disadvantaged neighborhoods had a higher density.
• D) The chronic stress of living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods had chronic negative effects on marital satisfaction.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes a specific relationship between variables, contrary to the null hypothesis.

Directional Hypothesis

A hypothesis that specifies the direction of the expected difference or relationship between two variables.

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistics that there is no significant difference or effect, and any observed difference is due to sampling or experimental error.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that suggests a difference or effect, opposite to the null hypothesis.