Card 12 / 153: Virginia Satir felt that a major goal of therapy was to improve intrafamily communication (i.e., communication between family members). According to Satir, four basic patterns prevented good communication under stress. These defensive postures or stress positions are: placating, blaming, being overly reasonable, and being irrelevant. Placating means
A) you disagree with all the other family members
B) you pick a favorite family member and agree with him or her.
C) you ignore the other family members
D) you try to please everybody out of a fear of rejection

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