Husband: Where are you going?

Wife: Out.
Husband: Did I say you could go out?!
Wife: You don’t tell me what to do!
Husband [shouting]: The hell I don’t!
Wife [shouting back]: The hell you do!
This is an example of:

A. A symmetrically sequenced argument
B. A patterned aversive interaction
C. Emotional abuse in the irritation-blaming phase
D. Protective costuming interactions


ANS: A

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