Benny Wants to Adopt Both the "Hot" and "Cold" Perspectives

question 12

Multiple Choice

Benny wants to adopt both the "hot" and "cold" perspectives in his research on why married couples get divorced. Which of the following descriptions best exemplifies his approach?

• A) He wants to understand what motivates people to stay in marriages that they know from past experience will only get worse.
• B) He wants to study the difference between passive and active aggression in marriages.
• C) He wants to investigate how spur-of-the-moment marriage problems are solved relative to ongoing problems.
• D) He wants to determine whether simple factors, such as mismatches in attitudes, can predict breakups better than communication patterns.