Your Best Friend,who Has Recently Graduated with Honors from Harvard

question 57

Multiple Choice

Your best friend,who has recently graduated with honors from Harvard University,arrives at a party you're hosting.Despite being a total stranger to all of the guests,your friend is surrounded almost constantly by others throughout the entire evening.You're left feeling a little jealous because of this unexpected popularity.How would a theorist like Max Weber analyze this situation?

• A) Your friend likely has a large ego and is attention-seeking by nature.
• B) Your friend has openly stated his dislike for members of the working class,drawing lots of attention.
• C) Your friend enjoys high prestige due only to the affiliation with a high-prestige university.
• D) Your friend enjoys a lot of wealth and privilege and thus draws others who seek that as well.

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Definitions:

Kin Selection

An evolutionary strategy that favors the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction.

Homosexuality

A sexual orientation characterized by a romantic or sexual attraction to individuals of the same sex.

Evolutionary Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that certain behaviors or traits have developed over time because they were advantageous for survival and reproduction.

Self-determination Theory

A psychological theory that focuses on people's inherent growth tendencies and innate psychological needs.