Contempt
An example of contempt.
Disrespect, sarcasm, cynicism, name-calling, eye-rolling, sneering, mockery, hostile humor.
The position of defensiveness in Gottman's 4 Horsemen list. (number)
3.
What a stonewalling partner does instead of addressing an issue.
They make evasive maneuvers such as tuning out, turning away, acting busy, or engaging in obsessive or distracting behaviors.
The position of criticism in the Gottman's 4 Horsemen list. (number)
1.
What Gottman's 4 Horsemen predict.
The end of a relationship.
How the target of contempt is made to feel.
Despised and worthless.
What defensiveness is a response to.
Criticism.
How one feels before stonewalling.
Flooded or emotionally overwhelmed.
How criticism makes a partner feel.
assaulted, rejected, and hurt.
The area of psychology that John Gottman studied.
Relationship psychology.
While criticism involves being critical to a partner, contempt assumes what.
A position of moral superiority.
What a defensive partner tries to do when their partner calls out a mistake.
Reverse blame.
What stonewalling is often a response to.
Contempt.
The antidote for criticism.
Replace "You" with "I feel", complain without blame.
The most detrimental of Gottman's 4 Horsemen.
Contempt.
The fuel behind contempt.
Long-simmering negative thoughts about a partner.
Accepting responsibility.
The antidote for stonewalling.
Taking a break and resuming the conversation later.
What criticism leads to.
Contempt.
The original 4 Horsemen that inspired Gottman's 4 Horsemen of a relationship. (name them)
Conquest, war, hunger, and death.
The body system that research shows can be affected by contempt.
Immune system.
A defensive partner's larger encompassing motive.
Self-Protection.
The part of a partner's body system active while they are stonewalling.
Sympathetic Nervous System.
The difference between criticism of your partner and simply offering a critique to them.
Criticism is an ad hominem attack.
John Gottman's wife's name.
Julie.