The mate selection pattern in which people marry successive partners over their life spans is known as _______.

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Serial monogamy is the practice of marrying or being in a committed relationship with one partner at a time, but over the course of one's life, having multiple partners due to divorce, death of a spouse, or breakups. This is the most common pattern of mate selection in modern western societies. Polygamy involves having multiple spouses at the same time, serial romance refers to multiple short-term romantic relationships, and binuclear marriage refers to divorced parents sharing custody of children in two separate households.

The Mate Selection Pattern in Which People Marry Successive Partners