Which of the Following Relationship Researchers Takes a Developmental Perspective

question 85

Multiple Choice

Which of the following relationship researchers takes a developmental perspective in trying to understand the causes of love?

• A) Professor Thanatos, who studies how couples decide what is equitable
• B) Professor Eros, whose work is informed by evolutionary biology
• C) Professor Animus, who studies sociology
• D) Professor Draco, whose work is informed by relational dialectics
• E) Professor Archimedes, who studies mother-infant attachment patterns

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