Your Significant Other Has Just Been Short-Tempered and Impatient with You

Multiple Choice

Your significant other has just been short-tempered and impatient with you. Your reaction is to think, "Well, s/he's had a very stressful week, so I'll just forget that it happened." Your reaction would be best described as an example of

A) affect reciprocity.
B) a relationship-enhancing attribution.
C) a demand/withdraw interaction pattern.
D) a depressive explanatory style.