We Can Think of Intimacy as a Continuum; at the One

question 52

Essay

We can think of intimacy as a continuum; at the one end is total isolation and at the other end there exists total enmeshment. Neither extreme is healthy. Explain this continuum using your own examples.

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Definitions:

Average

The most representative score in a set of scores.

Common Average

The arithmetic mean or simple average of a set of values, calculated by summing them up and dividing by the number of values.

Variance

A statistical measure that represents the dispersion or spread of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how far the data points are from the mean.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution, aiming to provide an accurate description of the entire data set.