Adonis and Bianca have been married for a year and are starting to establish their decision-making styles as a couple. Bianca enjoys shopping and likes to browse the grocery store aisles rather than using a list. While this is time consuming, she always discovers some cool product and usually makes some unplanned purchases. Adonis appreciates Bianca's efforts and tries to reciprocate by taking care of any purchases for their car or to maintain their home such as getting the oil changed, buying tools, or lawn mowing equipment. Bianca's purchases of all of the grocery items can be described as _______ decision making, while Adonis' purchases for the car or home maintenance items are called ______decision making.
A)wife-dominant; husband-dominant
B)wife-determined; autonomic
C)wife-driven; cooperative
D)wife-dominant; mutual

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Bianca's decision-making style for grocery shopping is described as wife-dominant because she makes these decisions independently, based on her preferences for browsing and discovering new products. Adonis' decision-making style for purchases related to the car or home maintenance is described as husband-dominant because he independently takes care of these decisions, similar to how Bianca handles the grocery shopping.

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