Your text reports that gender differences in mate selection are found in many different countries around the world. To what extent is this finding consistent with evolutionary accounts of mating preferences on the hand and cultural accounts on the other?

A) It is consistent with both cultural and evolutionary accounts.
B) It contradicts both cultural and evolutionary accounts.
C) It is more consistent with cultural than with evolutionary accounts.
D) It is more consistent with evolutionary than with cultural accounts.

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Ricky Tamer · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  It is more consistent with evolutionary than with cultural accounts. Evolutionary accounts predict that gender differences in mate selection will be found in many different countries around the world, as they are based on universal human needs and desires. Cultural accounts, on the other hand, predict that gender differences in mate selection will vary from culture to culture, as they are based on learned social norms.

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