10Imagine That You Are a Social Learning Theorist Studying Communication

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Essay

10.Imagine that you are a social learning theorist studying communication patterns in intimate relationships. A couple has just arrived at the research lab and you explain that they will be asked to discuss a problem they are trying to solve as well as share with each other a time when someone else (other than their partner) hurt their feelings. What types of data/information will you as the researcher collect based on these interactions? Assuming the couple is in a satisfied relationship, what would you observe about their interactions as compared to couples in unsatisfied relationships?

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