According to the text, contempt, criticism, defensiveness, stonewalling, and belligerence
a. can be transformed into positive features of marriage
b. characterize unhappy marriages and signal impending divorce.
c. are examples of supportive communication.
d. are barrier strengths to divorce.
b
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Which of the following is a reason for the enormous economic development of the United States in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
a. the insertion of the US colonies into several triangular trades b. the enormous amount of land and natural resources c. the creation of a "megastate" after the end of the Civil War d. all of these
Luis has a bad day and scores poorly on an exam. The teacher views him as lazy and unintelligent and pays only negative attention to him, if any. Luis loses interest in school and stops reading and doing homework. He ultimately fails. Symbolic interactionists would term this situation __________
a. a self-fulfilling prophecy b. the hidden curriculum c. tracking or ability testing d. a dysfunction of the educational system
Magnet schools encourage ________
a. students to specialize in specific areas of study. b. school busing for cultural diversity. c. students to take control of their own learning. d. students to complete their education in fewer years.
Which of the following acronyms is used by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to mean that, given the currently available information, people who are informed and qualified would agree that an ingredient should be considered harmless?
A. GRAS ("generally recognized as safe") B. ANDA ("abbreviated new drug application") C. BLA ("therapeutic biologics applications") D. GRAHL ("generally recognized as honestly labeled")