Which of the following is true according to the winnowing hypothesis?

A. Marriage between two individuals of different ethnicities, income, social class, or religion does not happen.
B. The winnowing hypothesis suggests that selecting mates is based on real-world factors such as finances, family but never on political attitudes.
C. The winnowing hypothesis suggests that people select mates based on such areas as education, race, age, religion, and shared values.
D. Men and women use the same factor of income in selecting a marital partner but the differences come in race, religion, education, age, and social class.
E. The transition to marriage using a winnowing or mate selection process leads to considerably less careful selectivity in dating, mating, cohabitating, and marriage.


Answer: C

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