Research by Fincham and Colleagues Has Found That Couples Who

question 39

Multiple Choice

Research by Fincham and colleagues has found that couples who are happy in their marriages make very different attributions for their partners' behaviours than couples who are unhappy.Specifically,couples in happy marriages make ________,while couples in unhappy marriages make ________.

• A) external attributions for their partners' behaviour; internal attributions for their partners' behaviour.
• B) internal attributions for their partners' behaviour; external attributions for their partners' behaviour.
• C) external attributions for negative behaviour and internal attributions for positive behaviour; internal attributions for negative behaviour and external for positive.
• D) internal attributions for negative behaviour and external attributions for positive behaviour; external attributions for negative behaviour and internal for positive.
• E) internal attributions for negative behaviour and internal attributions for positive behaviour; external attributions for negative behaviour and external for positive.

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