According to Which Theory Did Mating Preferences Develop in Response

question 115

Multiple Choice

According to which theory did mating preferences develop in response to the differing reproductive challenges that faced the earliest humans, leaving an imprint that influences male and female mating patterns today?

• A)Skinner's applied behavior analysis theory
• B)Sternberg's triangular theory of love
• C)Buss's evolutionary theory
• D)Festinger's interpersonal attraction theory

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