Offering an expensive engagement ring to your (future) bride is a a. Screening mechanism b. Signaling mechanism c. Way to waste money d. None of the above

Answer: option (B). Signal Mechanism

Explanation: An engagement ring is presented as a gift by an individual to their prospective spouse when they propose marriage or directly after a marriage proposal is accepted. It represents a formal agreement to future marriage.

Offering an engagement ring to your future partner would send a signal that you want to spend the rest of your life with the person. It is a signal mechanism that send a form of assurance that you are loved, cared, and worthy of spending eternity with. Furthermore, engagement ring send signal to other people that the user is taken by someone else.