Rusbult and Colleagues Described Four Different Patterns of Beliefs Created

question 8

Multiple Choice

Rusbult and colleagues described four different patterns of beliefs created by combining ideas about the importance of passionate love with ideas about the capacity for relationships to grow and change over time. These four patterns are:

• A) long-term bliss, friends/companions, storybook fantasy, and utilitarian involvement.
• B) empty love, passionate love, companionate love, and fatuous love.
• C) long-term bliss, empty love, storybook fantasy, and platonic love.
• D) consummate love, friends/companions, infatuated love, and utilitarian involvement.

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Nervous System

A part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for physical activity by activating fight or flight responses.

Electroencephalograph (EEG)

A diagnostic test that measures the electrical activity of the brain using small, flat metal discs (electrodes) attached to the scalp.

Millisecond Basis

A measure of time often used to quantify incredibly brief intervals, especially relevant in precise scientific experiments and time-sensitive technological processes.

Electrical Activity

Movement of charged particles, such as electrons, which can occur within biological systems or electronic circuits.