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The six stages of relationships are contact, involvement, intimacy, deterioration, repair, and dissolution. Each Stage has an early and a late phase. These stages describe relationships as they are; they don’t evaluate or prescribe how relationships should be.

[Situation] Gina met Mohammed at a friend’s party, where they played some board games together with several other people. Gina enjoyed the games, and afterwards began a conversation with Mohammed. They exchanged phone numbers, and within a few weeks they became involved. They began to test each other. Which of the following is not an example of testing behavior?

  1. Gina asking Mohammed how he feels about the relationship. (response)

  2. Mohammed calling Gina his “girlfriend” in front of his friends. (response)

  3. Mohammed saying that he wants to spend all his time with Gina. (response)



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