Question

When Chris and Gene first met, Gene was really attracted to Chris because of her spontaneous and carefree nature. However, later Gene broke up with Chris because he perceived that Chris was irresponsible and unpredictable. This is an example of _____. de-escalation a fatal attraction sudden death social penetration theory

Answer 1

The answer is: fatal attraction.

Step-by-step explanation:

Although the concept of fatal attraction might seem more dramatic in popular culture, in psychology and scientific studies on relationship dinamics, it is used to explain a rather common relationship pattern. It refers to the end of the relationship on the cause of a characteristic that used to be percieved as attractive and is now percieved as negative.

In this case, Chris was viewed by Gene as spontaneous, and he used to be attracted to her because of that characteristic, but now, the same characteristic is percieved by Gene as negative, to the point of ending to relationship because of it.