On his own time, ron looked over his course syllabi for the term and realized that, in three weeks, he had three assignments due on one day. ron decided he would do one assignment per week for the next three weeks so that he would have them all done by their due dates. ron is demonstrating thinking.

intimacy, passion and commitment are the components of a interpersonal relationship emphasized in the triangular theory of love by robert sternberg.

the triangular theory of love says love can be comprehend as this componest form the vertices of a triangle.  

intimacy relates to feelings such as of closeness and connection;

passion relates the drives that brings people together, as physical attraction.

commitment relates to the being in a long-term relationship.

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answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.

permafrost layer, it exists beneath a layer of soil, rock or sediment.