Harry and Sally Have Had a Long, Loving, and Stable

question 2

Multiple Choice

Harry and Sally have had a long, loving, and stable relationship. We would expect that this couple __________.

• A) would speak a great deal with each other, continually revealing a prodigious amount of new information
• B) discloses more now than they did in the formative years of their relationship
• C) discloses more salient than trivial information
• D)discloses less now than they did in the embryonic stages of their relationship
• E) a and b

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