Looking Back at Their 35 Years of Marriage, Tony and Desiree

question 58

Multiple Choice

Looking back at their 35 years of marriage, Tony and Desiree agreed that there were certainly ups and downs as far as their marital satisfaction was concerned. Which of the following is most likely to accurately characterize the changes in their marital satisfaction?

• A) it was highest after their two children left home
• B) it was lowest when their two children left home
• C) it peaked when their two children were first born
• D) it peaked when their children were teenagers

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Definitions:

Nonsense Syllables

A set of syllables without meaning, used in psychological experiments to study memory and learning processes.

Nonsense Syllables

A methodological tool used in cognitive research consisting of strings of letters that do not follow grammar rules or produce meaningful words, used to study memory processes.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

A German psychologist who pioneered the experimental study of memory and is known for discovering the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.

Nonsense Syllables

Arbitrary sequences of letters that do not have meaning, often used in memory and learning experiments.