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Carstensen, Gottman, and Levenson (1995) found that “[[Negative]] [[emotional]] [[behavior]], such as expressed [[anger]], [[sadness]], contempt, and other [[negative]] [[emotions]], appears to be the best discriminator between satisfied and dissatisfied [[marriages]]”. This is a commonly agreed with [[idea]], that contempt can play a large role in bringing down [[relationships]]. This is likely due to its destructive [[nature]] similar in some ways to greed or a grudge. Carstensen, Gottman, and Levenson (1995) also [[discovered]] that “In terms of speaker [[behaviors]], wives were coded as showing more [[total]] [[emotion]], [[negative]] [[emotion]], [[anger]], [[joy]], contempt, whining, and [[sadness]].” This supports the stereotype that [[women]] express more emotion than [[men]] both in general and in [[relationships]]. It also supports the [[idea]] that men are less expressive than women and tend to be more [[defensive]] [[minded]] in [[conversations]].
Carstensen, Gottman, and Levenson (1995) found that “[[Negative]] [[emotional]] [[behavior]], such as expressed [[anger]], [[sadness]], contempt, and other [[negative]] [[emotions]], appears to be the best discriminator between satisfied and dissatisfied [[marriages]]”. This is a commonly agreed with [[idea]], that contempt can play a large role in bringing down [[relationships]]. This is likely due to its destructive [[nature]] similar in some ways to greed or a grudge. Carstensen, Gottman, and Levenson (1995) also [[discovered]] that “In terms of speaker [[behaviors]], wives were coded as showing more [[total]] [[emotion]], [[negative]] [[emotion]], [[anger]], [[joy]], contempt, whining, and [[sadness]].” This supports the stereotype that [[women]] express more emotion than [[men]] both in general and in [[relationships]]. It also supports the [[idea]] that men are less expressive than women and tend to be more [[defensive]] [[minded]] in [[conversations]].
In the book ''Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking'' [[author]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell] discusses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gottman John Gottman]'s [[theories]] of how to [[predict]] which couples will stay married. Gottman's theory states that there are four major emotional [[reactions]] that are destructive to a [[marriage]]: [[defensiveness]], stonewalling, [[criticism]], and contempt. Among these four, Gottman considers contempt the most important of them all.
In the book ''Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking'' [[author]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell] discusses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gottman John Gottman]'s [[theories]] of how to [[predict]] which couples will stay married. Gottman's theory states that there are four major emotional [[reactions]] that are destructive to a [[marriage]]: [[defensiveness]], stonewalling, [[criticism]], and contempt. Among these four, Gottman considers contempt the most important of them all.
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[[Parables]] favor the making of impartial [[moral]] [[decisions]]. The parable evades much [[prejudice]] and puts new [[truth]] gracefully into the [[mind]] and does all this with the arousal of a minimum of the self-[[defense]] of [[personal]] resentment.
To reject the [[truth]] contained in parabolical [[analogy]] requires [[conscious]] [[intellectual]] [[action]] which is directly in '''contempt''' of one's [[honest]] [[judgment]] and [[fair]] [[decision]]. The parable conduces to the forcing of [[thought]] through the [[sense]] of hearing.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_151#151:3._MORE_ABOUT_PARABLES]
==References==
==References==
# (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company.
# (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company.