Which of the Following Statements Does NOT Express a Position

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements does NOT express a position consistent with evolutionary perspectives on intimate relationships?

• A) Males have developed conscious and explicit preferences for fertility in potential sexual partners.
• B) Evolved psychological mechanisms are responsive to cues in the environment.
• C) Mate preferences evolved to adapt not to the current environment but,rather,to the environment that humans faced thousands of years ago.
• D) Preferences that increase reproductive success should be passed down across generations,even if those preferences impede survival.

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