Textbook Chapter 10

Question 1

What does a polarized couple look like?

Answer 1

they have adopted different viewpoints, or opposing poles, in their arguements

Question 2

Read: When discussing difficulties perceived in their relationship, women tend to want more change than men do. The demand/withdraw pattern is more extreme in relationships where people want a lot of change

Question 3

What type of people according to attachment theory are less likely to be threatened much by partner’s emotions?

Answer 3

secure

Question 4

What type of people according to attachment theory will assume the worst about their conflicts

Answer 4

anxiety

Question 5

What type of people according to attachment theory, call do minimize emotion and intimacy because it calls attention to unpleasant possibility that they are vulnerable?

Answer 5

avoidance