Real-life Examples of Duck's Model in Relationship Endings

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 💔 Breakdown: Duck's Model describes the stages people go through when a relationship ends.
• 🚪 Intrapsychic Phase: One partner privately evaluates the other negatively.
• 🗣️ Dyadic Phase: Partners confront each other and discuss their dissatisfaction.
• 📢 Social Phase: The breakup becomes public; friends and family are involved.
• 💀 Grave-Dressing Phase: Partners create a narrative about why the relationship ended.
• ➕ Resurrection Phase: Each partner prepares for new relationships.
• 🧭 Key Concept: Each phase can be influenced by individual differences and external factors.

Practice Quiz

1. What is the FIRST phase in Duck's Model of relationship dissolution, where one partner begins to internally assess their dissatisfaction?
   1. Intrapsychic Phase
   2. Dyadic Phase
   3. Social Phase
   4. Grave-Dressing Phase
2. In which phase do partners openly discuss their issues and attempt to negotiate or reconcile?
   1. Intrapsychic Phase
   2. Dyadic Phase
   3. Social Phase
   4. Grave-Dressing Phase
3. Which phase involves informing friends and family about the impending breakup?
   1. Intrapsychic Phase
   2. Dyadic Phase
   3. Social Phase
   4. Grave-Dressing Phase
4. Creating a personal story or narrative about why the relationship ended occurs in which phase?
   1. Intrapsychic Phase
   2. Dyadic Phase
   3. Grave-Dressing Phase
   4. Resurrection Phase
5. What characterizes the Resurrection Phase in Duck's Model?
   1. Partners attempt to reconcile.
   2. The breakup is kept private.
   3. Individuals prepare for future relationships.
   4. Partners blame each other.
6. Which of the following is a real-life example of the 'Social Phase' in Duck's Model?
   1. Secretly feeling unhappy with your partner.
   2. Having a serious conversation with your partner about your issues.
   3. Announcing the breakup on social media.
   4. Reflecting on the relationship months after it ended.
7. Which phase involves reflecting on lessons learned from the past relationship?
   1. Intrapsychic Phase
   2. Grave-Dressing Phase
   3. Resurrection Phase
   4. Social Phase