Interpersonal Conflict and Why Marriages Fail Task: Read Gottman’s “Why Marriages Fail” – Gottman (n.d.) Why Marriages Fail .pdf and “What Makes Marriage Work” – What_makes_marriage_work.pdf Create a Word document with your typed responses to the questions below, and turn in on Canvas. Include your full name, section number, date, and title: COM 216 Assessment 3.

1) Thoroughly explain and discuss what you learned about validating, volatile, and conflict avoiding couples.
2) What is the ratio Gottman discusses? How does this ratio relate to couple satisfaction?
3) What are the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Explain each. What did Gottman discover regarding stonewalling and men and women’s physiology?
Credit: In order to receive full credit (50 points) for this assessment, you responses must be: typed, 12 point font, double spaced, with each question numbered. Explanations should be thorough and examples should clearly demonstrate your grasp of the information. Your responses must be complete grammatically correct sentences (no bullets or diagrams) written in paragraphs, at a college level and contain accurate information derived ONLY from the reading- no outside sources. Formal citations are not required, but it should be apparent that you read the material. This means you must quote any information that is coming directly from the reading. Everything else should be in your own words. You must respond to all questions in their entirety.

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