Nell Is Exhausted but Gets Up in the Middle of the Night

question 20

Multiple Choice

Nell is exhausted but gets up in the middle of the night to pick up her crying infant. This altruistic behaviour is best explained by

• A) evolutionary psychology
• B) social norms
• C) none of the choices are correct
• D) all of the choices are correct

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Definitions:

Call Themselves

Describes functions that are capable of invoking themselves, a concept known as recursion.

Functions

Blocks of code designed to perform a specific task, which can be invoked as needed within a program.

Nested

Refers to structures, such as loops or functions, contained within other structures of the same type.

Direct Recursion

The process by which a function calls itself directly in its body.