Ricardo and Monique are in couple's therapy because they often argue with each other.One day,their therapist asks each of them to think of five times in which they provoked the other person into an argument.Another day,their therapist asks them to think of ten times when they did the same thing.According to research,what will the effect of the therapist's technique be on making Ricardo and Monique think of themselves as argumentative?

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Asking Ricardo and Monique to recall only five incidents will make them think of more recent and memorable events, which are likely to be the ones that resulted in arguments. Therefore, they will probably see themselves as more argumentative on that day. On the other hand, asking them to recall ten incidents may lead them to remember less salient and less frequent events, which may not have been related to arguments. Thus, they may not see themselves as argumentative on that day as much as they did on the day when they were asked to recall five incidents. Therefore, Option C is the best choice. Option A and B are not supported by the information presented in the question. Option D may not be accurate because remembering more incidents does not necessarily make them think of themselves as argumentative.

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