According to Sternberg, how is consummate love different from other types of love?
A) Consummate love contains higher levels of passion than the other types of love.
B) Consummate love is more common than the other types of love.
C) Consummate love is what happens when people experience "love at first sight."
D) Consummate love includes all the components of love.

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According to Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love, consummate love is the combination of all three components of love - intimacy, passion, and commitment. Other types of love may have one or two of these components, but not all three in the same degree of intensity. Therefore, choice D is the correct answer.

According to Sternberg, How Is Consummate Love Different from Other