Longitudinal Studies of Long-Term Marriages Suggest That __________

Longitudinal studies of long-term marriages suggest that __________.

A) the great majority of marriages show a U-shaped pattern: high satisfaction in the early and late years, low satisfaction in the middle years
B) the great majority of marriages show an inverted U pattern: low satisfaction in the early and late years, high satisfaction in the middle years
C) the great majority of marriages show one stable pattern or another: consistently happy, consistently neutral, or consistently negative
D) some marriages show a typical curvilinear pattern; others show consistency