Of the Following Couples,which Would Most Likely Report the Lowest

question 28

Multiple Choice

Of the following couples,which would most likely report the lowest level of marital satisfaction?

• A) Iman and Muhammed have been married a year, and they plan to start their family next year.
• B) Sally and Sam have been married 10 years and have two children who are 8 and 6 years old.
• C) Rita and Marcel are both 65 years old and have just retired from the grocery store they have owned and managed for 40 years.
• D) Paul and Sarah have been married 20 years and have two children who are establishing themselves in professional careers.

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Definitions:

Sequential Processing

Processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time; generally used to process new information or to solve difficult problems.

Effortful Processing

A type of memory processing that requires attention and conscious effort in order to encode information.

Automatic Processing

Cognitive processing that occurs subconsciously and requires little to no attention or conscious effort.

Explicit Memory

Memory that requires intentional retrieval of past information and experiences.