Which of the Following Research Findings Do Advocates of Evolutionary

question 41

Multiple Choice

Which of the following research findings do advocates of evolutionary personality theory point to as strong evidence for their interpretation of mate selection?

• A) Most people eventually get married and have children.
• B) College students today tend to get married for the same reasons college students got married a generation ago.
• C) Men and women say they look for just about the same qualities in their spouses.
• D) The qualities people say they look for in their spouses are the same reported by men and women from many different cultures.

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Definitions:

Essential Attribute

Characteristics that are intrinsic to the nature of an entity, without which it would lose its identity or essence.

Essential Attributes

Fundamental qualities or characteristics that define the nature of something.

Jointly Exhaustive

A condition where all possible outcomes or cases are covered by the set of propositions or options.

Equally Abstract

Pertaining to concepts or ideas that are similarly removed from concrete reality and difficult to define precisely.