Psychologists Who Take the Evolutionary Perspective Assume That Psychological Processes

question 17

Multiple Choice

Psychologists who take the evolutionary perspective assume that psychological processes are:

• A)subject to the principles of natural selection.
• B)unconscious.
• C)overt and observable.
• D)dynamic and ever changing.

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