When Parents Display a High Degree of Marital Conflict or Undergo

question 82

Multiple Choice

When parents display a high degree of marital conflict or undergo a divorce,siblings show

• A) a decrease in friendliness and emotional closeness with each other.
• B) an increase in friendliness and emotional closeness with each other.
• C) no emotional changes if the problems occur before the older sibling is younger than three years.
• D) show no emotional changes if the younger sibling is older than four years.

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Definitions:

Concrete Goal

A specific, clearly defined, and measurable objective that an individual or group aims to achieve.

Two-Factor Theory

A concept in psychology that proposes emotional experiences arise from a combination of a state of physiological arousal and a cognitive interpretation of that arousal.

Physiological Reaction

A bodily response to a stimulus, such as an increase in heart rate, sweating, or the release of adrenaline, often not under conscious control and indicative of physiological processes.

Arousal Level

The physiological and psychological state of being awoken or stimulated to action.