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COMIC: A couple's therapist says you can break these relationship rules40%
By Manoush Zomorodi0% James Delahoussaye0% Fiona Geiran0% Sanaz Meshkinpour0% Katie Monteleone0%
12/12/2025, 12:00:00 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Status Quo Bias, Confirmation Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 22.5% saturation with 16 hits. Analysis detected 110 faulty-reasoning hits from 71 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 45.1% and a BS Rank of 40% (10,084 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 60.00% of the article peer group.
Is it a red flag if a couple has separate beds?
What about separate bank accounts?
Therapist Stephanie R. Yates-Anyabwile says ignoring relationship norms can actually make a partnership stronger.
This comic was illustrated by Fio Geiran and edited by LA Johnson and Katie Monteleone.
The original audio interview was produced by James Delahoussaye and edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour.
You can follow us on Facebook @TEDRadioHour and email us at TEDRadio@npr.org.
Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
3.3%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
4.9%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Confirmation Bias
19.7%Confirmation Bias
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19.7%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
3.8%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Framing Effect
22.5%Framing Effect
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22.5%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
8.4%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
1.6%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0.2%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
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Negativity Bias
15.5%Negativity Bias
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15.5%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
10%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Optimism Bias
19.7%Optimism Bias
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19.7%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
14.8%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
9%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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1.5%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0.4%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0.8%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Status Quo Bias
22.5%Status Quo Bias
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22.5%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
1.6%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
1.3%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0.9%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Appeal to Authority
19.7%Appeal to Authority
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19.7%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
4.1%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Appeal to Emotion
15.5%Appeal to Emotion
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15.5%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
5.5%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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1.2%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
0.6%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0.8%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
2.1%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0.4%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Hasty Generalization
19.7%Hasty Generalization
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19.7%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
7.3%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0.4%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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4.4%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Red Herring
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorManoush Zomorodi
1.3%PublicationGoats and Soda (NPR)
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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71 words analyzed.
Analysis
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