Article - Marriage and Testosterone

Question 1

What was the purpose of this article?

Answer 1

To examine the biological factors as they interact with sociological factors to predict martial quality

Question 2

What is the psychosocial factor that this study focused on?

Answer 2

Marital Quality/Marriage

Question 3

What behavior is changed when post-menopausal women are given small doses of testosterone?

Answer 3

Sexual drive increases

Question 3

What is the fraction of testosterone women product compared to men?

Answer 3

1/10th

Question 4

What is the relationship between testosterone and antisocial behavior?

(aggression, violence)

Answer 4

Positive Correlation

Question 5

High levels testosterone has been shown to significantly be associated with which type of antisocial behaviors?

Answer 5

Aggression, sensation seeking, and impulsive behavior

Question 6

Which mediating variables did this study use to predict marital quality and stability?

Answer 6

Socioeconomic status (SES); Poor marriage material; age

Question 7

Testosterone and sensation seeking (extramarital sex) have what type of relationship?

Answer 7

Positive Correlation - High levels in Testosterone will increase sensation seeking behaviors

Question 8

Define Standard Deviation

Answer 8

a measure that is used to quantify the amount of variation of a set of data values

Question 9

What is the operational definition of socioeconomic status in this study?

Answer 9

Education level, Income, and Occupational status

Question 10

What is the operational definition of poor marriage material in the study?

Answer 10

Alcohol abuse, trouble with the law, and unemployment

Question 11

What is the predictor (DV) in this study?

Answer 11

Marriage quality and stability

Question 12

Decline in testosterone is associated with the ________ in age

Answer 12

Increase

Question 13

What is the operational definition of marital quality in this study?

Answer 13

Separation, infidelity, and abuse

Question 14

What are some of the limitations of this study?

Answer 14

heterosexual sample, self-report measure (patients could potentially lie)

Question 15

What is the hypothesis in this study?

Answer 15

the relation between age and higher marital quality is due to a decline in testosterone production

Question 16

Higher testosterone production is associated with? (Six total associations)

Answer 16

increase aggression, increase infidelity, increase abuse, increase marital instability, increase divorce, and decrease in likelihood to get married

Question 17

Men with higher levels of testosterone are ___________ likely to marry and _____________ to divorce.

Answer 17

less; more

Question 18

Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% likely to never marry to those 1STD below the mean

Answer 18

50%

Question 19

Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% (more/less) likely to have divorced compared to those 1STD below the mean

Answer 19

43% more

Question 20

Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% (more/less) to have separated because they were not getting along compared to those 1STD below the mean

Answer 20

31% more

Question 21

Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% more likely to have extramarital sex compared to those 1STD below the mean

Answer 21

38%

Question 22

Based of the study, men who are 1STD above the mean are ______% more likely to hit their wives compared to those 1STD below the mean

Answer 22

12%

Question 23

What is the mediator in this study?

Answer 23

Testosterone

Question 24

A third variable that makes associations stronger or weaker, not caused by the independent variable

Answer 24

Moderator

Question 25

A variable that is predicted by the independent variable, it explains the mechanism by which the independent variable causes the dependent variable

Answer 25

Mediator

Question 26

Increase in age causes a(an) ______________ in testosterone resulting in ________________ marital quality

Answer 26

decrease; increase

Question 27

Based on the study, poor marriage material and SES ____________ the relationship between testosterone and martial quality.

Answer 27

Mediate

Question 28

What is the psychosocial factor in this study?

Answer 28

Marriage

Question 29

What is the biological factor in this study?

Answer 29

Testosterone Production

Question 30

What are the sociological factors in this study?

Answer 30

Education and Occupational Status = SES

Question 31

What is the independent variable in this study?

Answer 31

Age

Question 32

What is locus of control?

Answer 32

the degree in which people believe they have control over the outcome of events in their lives

Question 33

Individuals who believe their own abilities and actions greatly influence what happens to them

Answer 33

Internal locus of control

Question 34

Individuals who believe that forces beyond their influence determine the outcome of events

Answer 34

External locus of control

Question 35

Individuals who are responsible of their outcome have what type of locus of control?

Answer 35

Internal