1. Content
2. Construct
3. Criterion (concurrent & predictive)
4. Convergent and discriminant validity

1. Identify the major relationship self-report measures
2. What does each purport to measure?
3. How have they been validated?

1. Why "quasi"?
2. Identify SOC (e.g., format, purpose, results)
3. What has the SOC contributed to a theory of marital distress?
4. What kinds of quasi-observational methods have been used to study
     behavior sequences (patterns)?
5. What does Christensen's questionnaire measure?
6. What have we learned thus far about "reciprocity?"

    C. Observational methods

1. Note the major approaches
(We return to these later in Section II)

A. What do measures of marital satisfaction measure?
        1. Compare the DAS with the MSI (Snyder) in terms of items, format,
            and useful information
        2. What does "conventionalization" items refer to?
        3. What is the relationship between conventionalization" and satisfaction?
        4. How could we improve on concepts of marital "satisfaction" and
            "adjustment"?

B. The Areas of Change Questionnaire
1. What does the ACQ measure?
2. How would you use the ACQ in a hetero-trait assessment of marriage?

IV. Behavioral Observation of Marital Interaction
              (New material in this sub-section draws on Weiss & Heyman chapter)

        A. Uses and descriptions of micro- and macro-coding systems

1. The MICS --examples
2. Structuring interaction behaviors
3. Use of behavioral observation data
a. Base rates
b. Sequential analyses of marital behaviors