In the context of the nature and importance of intimacy, when the need to belong is satisfied, the drive to form additional relationships is:
A) increased.
B) reduced.
C) developed.
D) lost.
The drive to form additional relationships is increased once the need to belong to one partner is satisfied.
Explanation:
Almost all the intimate relations have a phase of maturity and peak. Through the phase of maturity, the individuals involved in the relationship begin experiencing fulfilling satisfaction that lasts for a certain period.
Once this satisfaction reaches the point of culmination, it starts becoming ineffective and hence, the need to belong to the someone else is automatically stimulated.