The Birth of the First Child Is Most Likely to

question 151

Multiple Choice

The birth of the first child is most likely to

• A) increase pressure to maintain social relationships.
• B) make the parents' relationship more egalitarian.
• C) lessen marital satisfaction.
• D) increase a mother's contentment.

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Definitions:

16PF

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Psychic Determinism

The theory that all mental processes are not spontaneous but are determined by the unconscious or pre-existing mental complexes.

Rorschach

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MMPI-2

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