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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carol manrique · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  Couples may become more confident in their estimates about each other's sexual history and preferences as they spend more time together, but this does not necessarily mean their estimates are more accurate. Confidence can increase due to familiarity and assumed understanding, but without explicit communication, actual accuracy may not improve.

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