Delia Loves to Travel and Loves Exploring and Being Surprised

question 30

Multiple Choice

Delia loves to travel and loves exploring and being surprised about what is around the next corner. She doesn't like to plan ahead too much, because you never know where you'll be at the end of the day. Her partner, Sal, likes to plan ahead and learn where all the sights are and to book the best hotels based on their budget. This difference is the cause of much arguing, and for their upcoming trip Delia is trying to convince Sal to book a Òlast minuteÓ surprise trip on a website where they wouldn't even know their destination until the trip was booked. In contrast, Sal has developed a day-by-day plan for a trip to Italy. What best describes the situation in which Delia and Sal have found themselves? Delia and Sal:

• A) have polarized around the issue of planning.
• B) are engaging in negative reciprocity.
• C) probably have low levels of epinephrine as a result of their conflict.
• D) are positively reinforcing each other's position in the conflict.

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Definitions:

Eros

In Freudian psychology, the life instinct innate in all humans that drives individuals to seek pleasure and create life.

Instinct

Involving an inherited disposition to activate specific behavior patterns that enable an organism to reach specific goals.

Preserve Life

The act or practice of maintaining or sustaining life, typically in the context of health and survival.

Conditions of Worth

Standards that one believes they must meet to be valued by others and themselves, often leading to contingency-based self-esteem.