Which of the following is the best example of an indirect and unilateral strategy of breaking up?

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Which of the following is the best example of an indirect and unilateral strategy of breaking up?

Metaphors about relationships "fading into the sunset" and being "a wonderful garden that is slowly turning into an empty lot" suggest that a relationship is following the general pathway to relational endings called:

Uncertainty and lack of closure about a relationship breakup is associated with

People weigh costs and rewards in the _____________ phase of Duck's dissolution model.

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According to research cited in the text (Blumstein & Schwartz, 1983), which of the following types of relationships are most likely to break up?

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According to Duck's phase model of relational dissolution, relational repair becomes less probable when relationships reach the _________ phase.

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Research on the intergenerational transmission of divorce has shown that children of divorced couples are _____________________to get divorced than are children of non-divorced couples.

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Which of the following is most likely to cause a relationship breakup?

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According to your textbook, the best unilateral strategy for ending a relationship is _________________, and the best bilateral strategy for ending a relationship is _________________.

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Leah tells Brayden that she "just wants to be friends" when she actually wants to end the relationship altogether. What disengagement strategy has Leah used?

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Self-blame and other negative relationship thoughts following a breakup is associated with:

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The main difference between catastrophe theory and stage models of relationship dissolution such as Duck's dissolution model is that:

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John and Tammy have been having problems for a while. When John finds out that Tammy had an affair, he thinks to himself "I mean it! This time we are breaking up" This cognitive threshold would push John into which stage of Duck's model of relationship dissolution?

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On again, off again relationships are characterized by

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Which of the following is NOT one of the specific reasons for break up listed in the textbook?

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Research has shown that children of divorced parents are less likely to talk about the state of their family when:

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Which of the following statements about sex differences is TRUE according to your textbook?