According to the Text, What Is the Main Rationale of Integrative

question 4

Multiple Choice

According to the text, what is the main rationale of integrative behavioral couples therapy? Relationships will improve if:

• A) partners increase the frequency of their positive behaviors and decrease the frequency of their negative behaviors.
• B) partners understand how their early experiences with their family affect their current relationship needs.
• C) partners change negative attributions about each other's behaviors.
• D) partners learn to accept or tolerate the negative aspects of each other and of the relationship.

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Definitions:

Folkway

Informal norms or everyday customs that govern behavior in society, often seen as traditional behaviors that are passed down through generations.

Negative Sanction

A punishment or penalty imposed by a group or society to enforce conformity to its norms and expectations.

Taboo

A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.

Mainstream Culture

encompasses the prevailing beliefs, values, and practices shared by the majority in a society, influencing mass attitudes and behaviors.