To Encourage Intimacy, You Should

question 202

Multiple Choice

To encourage intimacy, you should

• A)always be pleasant and pretend everything is okay, even if you are upset or dissatisfied.
• B)never argue, or you may have to reveal differences and make changes.
• C)be willing to compromise regarding important issues with which you and your partner disagree.
• D)do all of these.

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Definitions:

Self-Stimulation Theory

A theory suggesting that behaviors are motivated by the intrinsic pleasure they provide.

Sexual Selection

A mode of natural selection where certain traits become more pronounced in a population because they are attractive to the opposite sex or aid in competitive success among the same sex.

Fecundity

the potential reproductive capacity of an individual or population, often measured by the number of offspring born.

Viability

The capacity of being alive or living successfully, often used in the context of whether a fetus can survive outside the womb or the sustainability of a project or plan.