Your Significant Other Has Just Been Short-Tempered and Impatient with You

question 3

Multiple Choice

Your significant other has just been short-tempered and impatient with you. Your reaction is to think, "Well, s/he's had a very stressful week, so I'll just forget that it happened." Your reaction would be best described as an example of

• A) affect reciprocity.
• B) a relationship-enhancing attribution.
• C) a demand/withdraw interaction pattern.
• D) a depressive explanatory style.

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Definitions:

Lost Property

Items that are misplaced or forgotten by the owner without intention to abandon ownership.

Mislaid

Refers to property that is intentionally placed somewhere but then forgotten, implying it can be recovered by the owner.

Abandoned

A state where a property or a project has been left forth by its owner or tenant without any intention to return and claim or resume its use.

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