We can think of intimacy as a continuum; at the one end is total isolation and at the other end there exists total enmeshment. Neither extreme is healthy. Explain this continuum using your own examples
What will be an ideal response?
At one end of this continuum is total isolation with no need for intimacy, and at the other end there exists total enmeshment, where partner or family intimacy needs so overlap, it is difficult to distinguish whose need is whose.
[AT THIS POINT, EVALUATE THE STUDENT'S EXAMPLES BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THEIR ESSAY DEMONSTRATES A FIRM GRASP OF THE CONTINUUM.]
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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