When Couples Begin to Date, There Are Many Uncertainties About

question 80

Multiple Choice

When couples begin to date, there are many uncertainties about each other's sexual history, activity preferences and so forth. As they spend more and more time together, their estimates of these things become

• A) much more accurate and often leads to the disentanglement phase of the relationship.
• B) a part of the shared environment, leading the relationship into the cognitive dissonance phase.
• C) considerably more confident, but no more accurate.
• D) much more accurate, but with lower confidence in the estimates.

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Definitions:

False Memories

Recollections of events that did not actually happen or are distorted representations of events that did happen.

Loftus and Pickrell's Studies

Research conducted by Elizabeth Loftus and Jacqueline Pickrell demonstrating the malleability of human memory and the creation of false memories through suggestion.

Amygdala Damage

Refers to harm or injury to the amygdala, a part of the brain involved in emotions, decision-making, and fear responses.

Autobiographical Memories

The aspect of memory that pertains to recollections of personal experiences that occurred at specific times and places in one's life.