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fnuegbu · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Consider Buss's (1989) study in which he examined what people from 37 different cultures around the world prefer in a romantic partner. Which statement about the results of this study is accurate?

a. In most countries, men rated physical attractiveness to be more important than women did, while women ratedgood financial prospects as more important than men did.
b. Before the age of 30, men tended to report having more sexual partners than did women, but that differencedisappear ed among older participants.
c. Women rated kindness, dependability, and sense of humor as more important than men did.
d. The type of culture individualist or collectivist in which people lived impacted their ratings of what made apotential partner attractive.

Question 2

Advocates of basic research argue that the more ____ the principle being studied, the ____ it matters who participates in the study in terms of sample representativeness.

a. basic less
b. applied less
c. basic more
d. complex more