What Evolutionary Theory Contends That Mating Strategies and Preferences Reflect

question 124

Multiple Choice

What evolutionary theory contends that mating strategies and preferences reflect inherited tendencies which allow men and women to respond to adaptive problems in raising offspring?

• A) parental investment theory
• B) evoked cultural theory
• C) mating selection theory
• D) emotional investment theory

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