The ability to experience love appears to be strongly influenced by one's ____________.

A) ability to fantasize
B) degree of attractiveness
C) past experience
D) sexual preference

Past experience plays a significant role in a person's ability to experience love. Positive past experiences with love, such as secure attachments in childhood or having healthy relationships in adulthood, can increase one's ability to experience love. On the other hand, negative past experiences, such as trauma or abuse, can hinder one's ability to experience love. Attractiveness, ability to fantasize, and sexual preference do not have as significant or direct impact on the ability to experience love as past experiences do.