According to John Gottman, a factor that is predictive of a couple's separating in the future is when

The available options are:

A. couples fight fairly.

B. there are frequent intimate moments in the relationship.

C. couples display disgust for each other.

D. couples display humor in criticism of each other.

couples display disgust for each other

Explanation:

John Gottman, is an American psychologist, who is widely known for his work on marital stability and relationship analysis. In his attempt to determine divorce prediction, he concluded that, that there are four negative behaviors that most predict divorce, this includes:

1. Criticism of partners' personality,

2. Contempt (from a position of superiority),

3. Defensiveness, and

4. Stonewalling.

However, according to Gottman, the most destructive of them all, is Contempt, which is a feelings by an individual that something or someone else is worthless, hence, in a relationship settings, contempt results to COUPLES DISPLAYING DISGUST FOR EACH OTHER.

answer; i believe the correct answer is (a) the correlation between the cause variable and outcome variable is zero;