Debra Is About to Get Married for the Second Time

question 18

Multiple Choice

Debra is about to get married for the second time.Her first marriage lasted only two years,and was really a rather unhappy relationship from start to finish.When she thinks back on those times,she wonders why she ever got married at all.According to research

• A) her second marriage is likely to be pretty much as happy as her first marriage was.
• B) she will have learned a lot of lessons from her first marriage, making her second marriage far more likely to succeed.
• C) her second marriage will only have a good chance of succeeding if she has no children from her first marriage.
• D) her second marriage will be complicated by the leftover feelings that she has from her first marriage, because studies show that a minimum of 5 years is needed between marriages to make a second marriage work.

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Definitions:

Observable Behaviors

Actions or reactions of individuals or systems that can be directly seen or measured.

Pragmatists

Thinkers or philosophers who judge the truth of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.

Subconscious

The part of the mind that is not fully aware but influences actions and feelings.

Reality

The state or quality of having existence or substance; the world or state of things as they actually exist.