Winston and Keesha Have Been Married for a Year and Are

question 225

Multiple Choice

Winston and Keesha have been married for a year and are starting to establish their decision-making styles as a couple. Keesha enjoys shopping and likes to browse the grocery store aisles rather than using a list. While this is time consuming, she always discovers some cool product and usually makes some unplanned purchases. Winston appreciates Keesha's efforts and tries to reciprocate by taking care of any purchases for their car or to maintain their home such as getting the oil changed, buying tools, or lawn mowing equipment. Keesha's purchases of all of the grocery items can be described as _______ decision making, while Winston's purchases for the car or home maintenance items are called ______decision making.

• A) wife-dominant; husband-dominant
• B) wife-determined; autonomic
• C) wife-driven; cooperative
• D) wife-dominant; mutual

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