All of the following statements about the Gottman method couples therapy approach are true EXCEPT?

a. The therapist coaches couples to develop the interaction patterns that distinguish successful marriages from marriages that end in breakup.
b. This model is grounded entirely in research results rather than theory.
c. Happily married couples do not engage in defensiveness, criticism, and stonewalling.
d. Better communication produces short-term gains but does not significantly affect whether or not the couple stays together.


ANS: C

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The _____________ style of group leadership focuses on transactions between individuals in the group as opposed to the inward reactions of individual members.

What will be an ideal response?

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