Quizlet after going out with her boyfriend for six months, lucy finds herself often talking using the pronouns "we" and "us" rather than "i" and "me." this self-definition change is referred to as:

This is cognitive interdependence. The person now finds himself thinking of his person as a combination of two (or more). The idea of each person being a singular entity does not exist at the moment: their being is tied up with the other person and everything one person does has an effect on the pair.