Author Question: The fourth step of the demand-withdraw pattern is called ____, in which the withdrawing person ... (Read 53 times)

809779 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The fourth step of the demand-withdraw pattern is called ____, in which the withdrawing person withholds attention and puts up a wall that blocks communication and cooperation as a way to punish the demanding person.

a. defensiveness c. stonewalling
b. contempt d. criticism

Question 2

Gottman and Gottman (1999) identified a particularly destructive pattern they called the ____, in which one party makes a type of demand on the relationship that leads the other party to withdraw from the interaction rather than attempt to resolve the demand.

a. demand-withdraw pattern c. negative reciprocity
b. positive reciprocity d. stonewalling