An evolutionary psychologist would focus on which reason as being the primary one for why men are more promiscuous than are women?
A) Men are more reinforced by passing on their genes than are women.
B) The biological costs of reproduction are lower for men than they are for women.
C) Men are more approach motivated and women are more avoidance motivated by sex.
D) The reputational costs of promiscuity are more punishing for women than they are for men.
B) The biological costs of reproduction are lower for men than they are for women.
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a) It classifies the linkages between a child's microsystems as the chronosystem. b) It classifies a child's family, school, and peer group as the microsystem. c) It considers the influence of time as the immediate surroundings of a child. d) It considers children as passive recipients of the enculturation and socialization processes.
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a. seeing the other fish. b. building a nest to attract females. c. holding still to avoid detection. d. increased aggression.
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A. concrete operational reasoning B. formal operational reasoning C. preoperational reasoning D. postformal operational reasoning
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