Evolutionary psychologists are most likely to be criticized for
A) working backward to provide after-the-fact explanations of human mating preferences.
B) overemphasizing humans' capacity to learn and adapt to a variety of environments.
C) underestimating gender differences in mate selection.
D) overestimating cultural differences in human sexual behaviors.

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Evolutionary psychology has been criticized for providing just-so stories to explain after-the-fact human behavior. Critics argue that these explanations rely too heavily on evolutionary assumptions and fail to account for cultural and contextual factors that influence behavior.

Evolutionary Psychologists Are Most Likely to Be Criticized for