If you want to actively keep the marriage happy, how do you do that? Don't fix the bad, but ＿＿（38）＿＿ the good. Research indicates that when people ＿＿（39）＿＿ their relationship improvement attempts on changing the partner, individuals reported more negative improvement strategies, lower improvement success, and, in turn, more negative relationship evaluations. Results suggest that targeting the partner may do more ＿＿（40）＿＿ than good despite that relationship evaluations pivot on whether the partner produces change.