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Fincham & May (2017) contend that: [Help]

A Women and men now engage in infidelity at the same rate.

B The gap between men's infidelity rate and women's infidelity rate is decreasing.

C Men are unfaithful frequently, while women are not.

D Women now are unfaithful more frequently than men are unfaithful.

Which of the following demographic findings regarding infidelity is/are accurate: [Help]

A In younger adults women are catching up to men in their incidence of infidelity.

B Greater income and education level are positively associated with incidence of infidelity.

C Women do not engage in infidelity primarily for sex.

D Both 1 and 2

According to the findings of Altgelt et al. (2018), in predicting whether a partner will engage in infidelity requires: [Help]

A Considering the personality qualities of the betraying partner.

B Considering the personality qualities of the betrayed partner.

C Has little to nothing to do with the personality qualities of either partner.

D Both 1 and 2

It is vital for therapists working with couples destabilized by infidelity to: [Help]

A To focus on the weaknesses in the couple's sex life.

B Ascertain how the betrayed partner caused the infidelity.

C Attend to the traumatic impact of the infidelity on both partners.

D All of the above

In a review by Lebow et al. (2012) of therapy outcome studies, he found that couples who experienced infidelity and remained married had ________ levels of marital stability and relationship satisfaction at the end of five years compared to the couples who experienced no infidelity: [Help]

A Much lower

B Much higher

C Slightly lower

D Similar

In a 2014 study (Marins, Christensen & Atkins), it was found that couples are more likely to do the hard work in couples therapy and recover their relationship in both the short term and long term if: [Help]

A The truth about the infidelity is told.

B The betraying partner continues to deny the infidelity.

C The infidelity is not talked about.

D The therapist insists on every minute detail of the infidelity be revealed.

In a 2013 study (Cravens, et al.), the authors found that the emotional impact for the party who discovered their partner's online acts of infidelity was: [Help]

A Minor, since it didn't involve physical contact.

B No less severe than acts committed in person.

C Worse than acts committed in person.

D Completely non-existent.

The TRI Developmental Model of Long-Term Love Relationships has: [Help]

A Two stages.

B Three stages.

C Four stages.

D None of the above.

The first stage in the TRI Developmental Model of Long-Term Love Relationships, Sweet Symbiosis, is: [Help]

A Classic unhealthy symbiotic functioning.

B A powerful bonding stage that is vital for future LTLR health.

C One of the most wonderful, magical times of anyone's life.

D 2 and 3

The key task for couples to accomplish in order to move through Soured Symbiosis is: [Help]

A Achieving ongoing sexual intimacy.

B Achieving a healthy level of Conflict Intimacy.

C Learning to accept what they don't like about their partner.

D Learning to be completely truthful with each other.

The "acid test" indicating whether any Long-Term Love Relationship will thrive over time is: [Help]

A The ability to develop healthy Conflict Intimacy.

B The ability to develop healthy Affection Intimacy.

C The ability to develop healthy Self Intimacy.

D Never going to bed mad at each other.

Differentiation in couples is best defined as: [Help]

A The individual's ability to be separate from his/her partner and not experience anxiety.

B The individual's ability to define himself as a separate person, express this to his partner, and tolerate the anxiety or tension that their differences create.

C Having separate interests and friends from one's partner while also having a strong relationship.

D Viewing differences as natural and expecting to continue to grow as people over the course of the relationship.

Self Intimacy is taught by using: [Help]

A The Emotional Self Awareness (ESA) Exercise.

B The Initiator-to-Inquirer (I-to-I) Exercise.

C The diagnosis of the type of Infidelity.

D The diagnosis of the developmental stage of the relationship.

Self Intimacy is so important to LTLR health because: [Help]

A It helps each partner love themselves.

B It enables each partner to truly be intimate with the other partner.

C It helps sexual intimacy.

D It helps couples avoid fights.

Conflict Intimacy is best defined as the ability: [Help]

A To communicate your negative feelings with your partner.

B To have conflict without arguing or hurting one another's feelings.

C To have differences and always arrive at mutually agreed upon solutions.

D Of both partners to express feelings constructively, listen to the partner's feelings with curiosity and respect, and stay connected in the process as the couple works toward a mutually satisfying hybrid solution.

The tool used to teach Conflict Intimacy is: [Help]

A Communicating and working to compromise.

B Emotional Self Awareness (ESA).

C The Initiator-Inquirer (I-to-I) Exercise.

D Using emails to start difficult conversations.

Affection Intimacy is best defined as: [Help]

A Good sex and frequent date nights.

B Being able to talk about your sexual desires and dislikes with your partner and having your partner listen with curiosity and respect.

C Being caring and considerate of your partner outside the bedroom and good sex in the bedroom.

D A rich combination of acts of caring, words of caring, non-sexual touch, and sexual touch.

Most relationships end because of the Third Deal Breaker, which is: [Help]

A One or both partners never having loved the other.

B Too much pain caused and the love between the partners is killed.

C One or both partners is unwilling to take responsibility for his/her part in the relationship problems.

D All of the above

According to the TRI Model of Long-Term Love Relationships, LTLRs are fragile relationships that cannot recover from external stressors such as infidelity, substance abuse, and financial problems. [Help]

A True

B False

C Only if the couple don't love each other enough

D Only if the couple doesn't have a fulfilling sex life

Infidelity is best defined as: [Help]

A Kissing someone other than one's partner.

B Having sex with someone other than one's partner.

C Falling in love with someone other than one's partner.

D Not keeping the LTLR's implicit or explicit agreement of emotional and/or sexual exclusivity.

The responsibility for an infidelity rests with: [Help]

A The betraying partner.

B Both partners.

C External stressors.

D None of the above.

The most accurate description of what powers an infidelity is: [Help]

A Expressed feelings of anger and hurt.

B Feelings of inferiority and marital frustration.

C Boredom with the routine of marriage and sameness.

D Unrecognized and/or unexpressed emotions of anger, fear, or loneliness.

Infidelities of Fear are powered by the betraying partner's long-standing, deep-seated fear of: [Help]

A Intimacy.

B Commitment.

C Unworthiness of love.

D Any of the above.

An Infidelity of Loneliness occurs when the LTLR is characterized by: [Help]

A Being arrested for considerable time in Soured Symbiosis.

B Low Conflict Intimacy.

C Low Self Intimacy in the betraying partner, which allows their sense of loneliness to become very deep.

D All of the above.

The betraying partner who has an Infidelity of Anger is so angry because: [Help]

A Their partner is abusive.

B They never learned how to deal with their hurt and anger in a healthy way.

C They have low Self Intimacy and low Conflict Intimacy skills.

D 2 and 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main early infidelity couples therapy treatment issues? [Help]

A Dealing with the betrayed partner's devastation

B Making sure each partner has a good divorce attorney

C Determining the betraying partner's earnestness

D LTLR and infidelity assessment

If the infidelity is ongoing, The LTLR can successfully heal and rebuild: [Help]

A Sometimes

B Rarely

C Usually

D Never

The majority of couples who come to therapy are stuck in the ______ stage of relationship development: [Help]

A Differentiation

B Sweet Symbiosis

C Soured Symbiosis

D Synergy

Accurate diagnosis of the type of infidelity will give the therapist what information vital to fashioning an effective treatment plan? [Help]

A How close of tabs the betrayed partner needs to keep on the betraying partner

B The Three Intimacies strengths and weaknesses of the couple

C The role sex played in their LTLR problems

D All of the above

Even though the responsibility for the infidelity lies completely with the betraying partner, the betrayed partner needs to take equal responsibility for the rebuilding of the LTLR's intimacy structure: [Help]

A Sometimes

B Never

C Only if they're a very giving person

D Always

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