In Gottman's research, he asks couples to "tell the story of us." Based on _______, he found that the couple will almost certainly be together four years later

a. whether the couple uses sarcasm rather than being brutally honest
b. whether the positive outweighs the negative
c. whether each person talked for an equal amount of time
d. whether each person explicitly apologized for past transgressions


B

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