Betty is in a stable marriage. lately, her colleagues have noticed that her boss appears to be romantically interested in her. when they mentioned it to her, she told them that she hasn't noticed his advances. in the context of relationship maintenance mechanisms, betty is displaying: a) positive illusions.
b) inattention to alternatives.
c) perceived superiority.
d) accommodation.

B) inattention to alternatives

Explanation:

inattention to alternative: this means a person who is in a relationship with someone else doesn't pay attention to other people that she or he may also potentially date. This means the person has no interest in looking for any other partner apart from the one she or he has in way that they may not even be aware of a person who makes an advance towards them. This kind of person doesn't even fantasize about what they would be doing in an alternative relationship.

This is the case with Betty , she couldn't even notice that her boss was interested in her eventhough other people could notice which means she was paying no attention to anyone else apart from her husband.

This is crucial in saving most marriages because it means someone is content with their partners and they are not looking for anyone else , this means the person will be loyal to the relationship always.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)