When you were in high school,your friend Janise said that a romantic partner with a sense of humor was critical to a lasting relationship.At your 5-year reunion,you meet her husband,and he seems to be a nice person but quite deficient in the humor department.Having just taken a course on close relationships,you recognize that this is an example of ________.
A) compartmentalization
B) sentiment override
C) flexible standards
D) memory bias

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Flexible standards refer to the idea that people may adjust their criteria for a partner or aspects of a relationship over time, indicating that what Janise once deemed critical (a sense of humor) may have changed by the time she chose her husband.

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