Saving Up Feelings and Complaints and Then "Dumping" Them During

question 594

Multiple Choice

Saving up feelings and complaints and then "dumping" them during an argument is called

• A)character attack.
• B)gunnysacking.
• C)in-fighting.
• D)hitting below the belt.

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Definitions:

Personality

A distinctive and relatively stable pattern of behavior, thoughts, motives, and emotions that characterizes an individual.

Emotional Disorders

Psychological disorders primarily characterized by disturbances in mood or emotion, such as depression or anxiety disorders.

DSM

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association that categorizes and defines mental disorders.

Overdiagnosis

The diagnosis of a condition or disease more often than it is actually present, leading to unnecessary treatment or intervention.