Question

The _____ refers to the relationship stage during which partners just go through the motions of interacting with each other routinely without enthusiasm or emotion.

Answer 1

Answer: Stagnating stage.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mark Knapp and Anita Vangelisti developed a model widely accepted in communications as applicable to friendships and sentimental relationships. Stagnating is the third of the five stages of coming apart (differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and terminating).

Stagnating happens when disagreements arise, as well as the reluctance to talk about the relationship.

Answer 2

Stagnating Stage

Step-by-step explanation:

The Stagnating Stage refers to the relationship stage during which partners just go through the motions of interacting with each other routinely without enthusiasm or emotion. Mark Knapp described the development of relationships in the book he co-wrote "Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships." In the stagnating stage, both members of the couple avoid dealing with things that matter because they already know what the partner will answer. People that surround the couple notice that there is something wrong. This is a very unhappy stage of the relationship.