When Melissa's husband tells her it bothers him that she goes out to dinner with her previous boyfriends without him, she deflects his complaint and presents herself as the victim. She says that he must not trust her and points out how painful it is to not be trusted. She uses this pattern a lot when her husband tries to express a concern. Melissa is engaged in which type of negative behavior?
a. Criticism
b. Stonewalling
c. Contempt
d. Defensiveness
d. Defensiveness
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a. cholinergic neurons. b. acetylcholinergic neurons. c. noradrenergic neurons. d. pyramidal neurons.
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a. humanistic psychology. b. phenomenology. c. self-actualization. d. Gestalt psychology.
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A) ?20/6 B) ?20/12 C) ?The square root of (20/6 + 20/6) D) ?The square root of (20/5 + 20/5)