The _____ refers to the relationship stage during which partners just go through the motions of interacting with each other routinely without enthusiasm or emotion.

a. maintaining stage
b. stagnating stage
c. circumscribing stage
d. avoiding stage


b. stagnating stage
If circumscribing continues, it may eventually lead to the stagnating stage. The stagnating stage refers to the relationship stage during which partners just go through the motions of interacting with each other routinely without enthusiasm or emotion.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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The ideas and feelings that a sender-receiver wants to share are known as:

A. setting. B. noise. C. channel. D. messages.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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