Steve and Allie, Who Work at the Same Research Institute

question 89

Multiple Choice

Steve and Allie, who work at the same research institute, are competing to be the first scientist to isolate novel protein X from cancer cells. They run into one another while signing up for the same lab microscope and discuss their research progress. The end result is that Steve's research project benefited from the interaction but Allie's did not. Which set of interactional styles could have occurred between Steve and Allie?

• A)cooperative or altruistic
• B)spiteful or selfish
• C)altruistic or spiteful
• D)altruistic or selfish

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