Professor Crisman believes that most women prefer tall and physically strong partners because this preference promoted the survival of our ancestors' genes.This viewpoint best illustrates the ________ perspective.

A) social-cultural
B) cognitive
C) evolutionary
D) psychodynamic

Evolutionary Perspective

A theoretical approach in psychology and other disciplines that seeks to explain behavior, traits, and patterns by considering their adaptive values and origins through natural selection.

Reproductive Advantages

Genetic or behavioral traits that increase an organism's likelihood of reproducing and passing its genes to the next generation.

Survival

Pertains to the ability to continue living or existing, often despite facing difficult or life-threatening circumstances.