When Parents Try to Break Up the Romance of a Son

question 220

Multiple Choice

When parents try to break up the romance of a son or daughter, they tend to add anger, frustration, and fear to the situation. Then, the romantic couple may see the cause of all these intense feelings to their "love." This situation illustrates the effects of the mental process called

• A)negation.
• B)feedback.
• C)attribution
• D)homeostasis.

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