In a Study Conducted by Aron and His Colleagues (2000),married

question 74

Multiple Choice

In a study conducted by Aron and his colleagues (2000) ,married couples engaged in one of two tasks: either they were tied together with Velcro and required to move a soft ball positioned between their heads across a long mat,or they each had to push a ball on their own across the mat with a stick.Couples in the first condition reported higher marital satisfaction after completing the task compared to couples in the second condition.How did the researchers interpret these results?

• A) The first task encouraged participants to capitalize on the good in their relationship.
• B) The first task made couples physically closer, which led them to feel psychologically closer.
• C) The first task was more arousing, leading to a misattribution of arousal to feelings about one's partner.
• D) The first task was more challenging, leading couples to feel more pride after completing it.

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