What Is the Main Reason That Humans Probably Do Not

question 90

Multiple Choice

What is the main reason that humans probably do not have a "death instinct" as Freud postulated?

• A) Human beings don't kill themselves in large numbers.
• B) Human beings don't kill other people in most societies.
• C) A drive toward death would not have survived natural selection.
• D) All of Freud's theories have been proven wrong by empirical research.

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