Evolutionary Psychologists Take the View That the Cognitive Abilities of Women

question 36

Multiple Choice

Evolutionary psychologists take the view that the cognitive abilities of women and men

• A) differ because men dominated women during human prehistory, which prevented women from developing good spatial abilities.
• B) differ because women developed good spatial abilities by foraging, and men developed good nonverbal communication through the need to communicate during hunting.
• C) differ because the task demands differed for women and men in human prehistory, prompting different brain organization.
• D) are similar because spatial abilities were more important than verbal abilities during human prehistory, creating individuals with similar cognitive abilities.

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