Question

Elena and Kurt were both in their mid-20s and had been dating for over a year when Kurt told Elena he loved her. She responded with the same sentiment. Later, when she told her friends, Elena knew this meant something but was not sure if it meant that becoming engaged to be married would happen soon, if at all. This is an example of

Answer 1

Answer: changing social scripts

Explanation:  Social scripts are the sources that describe about the social role that an individual is supposed to play with their behavior, acts, actions and outcomes in any certain situation.  It is kind of expected behavior script that come out in situation in a sequence.

The situation mentioned in the question explains about the change in social script in Elena .As the behavioral change in Elena can be seen in a series from getting proposal from Kurt , having relationship and then having changes regarding the behavior due to thought and response of marriage and engagement.