Cross-Cultural Studies Find Similar Patterns of What Men and Women

question 62

Multiple Choice

Cross-cultural studies find similar patterns of what men and women look for in their spouses across many different cultures. These findings support evolutionary personality theory because they suggest that mate preferences do not merely reflect differences in

• A) social learning patterns.
• B) the genetic makeup of different cultures.
• C) inherited human characteristics.
• D) economic opportunities in different cultures.

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Definitions:

Selective Breeding

The process of breeding plants and animals for particular genetic traits, aiming to produce offspring with desirable characteristics.

Highly Intelligent

Describes individuals who demonstrate significantly above-average capabilities in intellectual understanding, problem solving, and adapting to new situations.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how spread out the values are.

Geometric Mean

A mean or average which indicates the central tendency or typical value of a set of numbers by using the product of their values (as opposed to the arithmetic mean which uses their sum).