PSYCH 10 Quiz: RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES.doc
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Reconcilable differences outline: marital therapy, historical approach: teach problem solving and communication skills, integrative couple therapy: promotes acceptance over change. But the other resists the change; couples get stuck. Couples then resort to more blame, criticism, defensiveness, and withdrawal. These strategies serve only to make things worse: the way out of the impasse is by accepting one"s partner. 2: when important events happen in our lives we seek an explanation. If the event is painful and occurs repeatedly, such as a horrendous argument, we want a quick understanding. We also want control over it; to stop it happening again. If we can figure out why a horrendous argument happened, we may be able to alter its cause and avoid future pain. The two obvious suspects: you and your partner. Interesting, our answers depend upon whether we are looking at our partners or ourselves: when we explain our own actions in a conflict, we tend to look outside of ourselves.
