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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #35289 Medium Financial Intimacy
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MIGAKI: In your role as a financial therapist, you've got sort of a five-step process for something that you call financial intimacy. I'm wondering if you can help us define that and talk us through it.
CLAYMAN: So with the first one, equality, what we want to capture here in a healthy financial dynamic is that both partners have equal say and equal power about what's going to happen with the money. So sometimes when a couple comes to me with an inequality imbalance, there's a partner that either has - maybe is bringing in the bulk of the income and then thus feels like they should have more say. Or sometimes there's a partner that's just more anxious about money and so really needs money to be a source of control for them and feels like their partner is just - in not agreeing with them and not doing what they say should be done with the money, that this is threatening to them. And they want their partner to kind of come to heel, if you will. So where I would approach that is, all right, well, we need to have both parties present in the decisions about the money. Just because you're more anxious or because you make more of a contribution to the income doesn't mean that you get an outsized say in this.

According to the financial therapist, why does a couple experience the inequality imbalance?

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Option 3: "Because one contributes more to the income and believes this gives more say."

Explanation: This option accurately reflects the text's explanation of the inequality imbalance. It states that a partner who contributes more to the income may feel entitled to a greater say in financial decisions, which aligns with the therapist's description of the issue.

Option 1: "Because one is not bringing all the income and then feels that he or she should have more say."

Explanation: This option incorrectly suggests that the inequality imbalance arises from a partner not contributing to the income. The text indicates that the imbalance can occur when one partner contributes more, leading them to feel they should have more say, which is the opposite of what this option states.

Option 2: "One is anxious about money and so needs money to be a source of security."

Explanation: While the text mentions that one partner may be anxious about money, it does not state that this anxiety leads to an inequality imbalance. Instead, it highlights that anxiety can affect decision-making but does not directly cause the imbalance described.

Option 4: "One is unconcerned with money and so needs more money to consume."

Explanation: This option introduces a concept not present in the text. The text does not mention a partner being unconcerned with money or needing more money to consume. Instead, it focuses on the dynamics of contribution and anxiety regarding financial decisions.

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