In the Context of Early Experience and Evoked Mating Strategies,Jay

question 40

Multiple Choice

In the context of early experience and evoked mating strategies,Jay Belsky and his colleagues argue that harsh,rejecting,and inconsistent child-rearing practices,erratically provided resources,and marital discord _____.

• A)foster a personality of conscientiousness
• B)foster a mating strategy marked by early reproduction
• C)discourage individuals from a short-term mating strategy
• D)discourage individuals from seeking multiple mates

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Definitions:

Genetics

The branch of biology that studies the laws of heredity and variation in organisms, explaining how traits and characteristics are passed from parents to offspring.

Trephination

Procedure in which holes were drilled in the skulls of people displaying abnormal behavior, presumably to allow evil spirits to depart their bodies; performed in the Stone Age.

Exorcism

A religious or spiritual ritual carried out to expel evil spirits or demons from a person or place believed to be possessed.

Atonement

The act of making amends or reparation for wrongdoing or guilt.