Research Suggests That Men and Women Differ in Helping Behavior

question 60

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that men and women differ in helping behavior in which of the following ways?

• A) Men are more likely to perform 'heroic' acts of helping.
• B) Women are more likely to perform 'heroic' acts of helping.
• C) Men are more likely to help in more nurturing ways.
• D) Men and women are equally likely to help in nurturing ways but men are more likely to perform 'heroic' acts of helping.

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Definitions:

Honest Signals

Characteristics or actions that reliably convey information about an individual’s genetic quality or fitness to others.

Beneficial Mutations

Genetic alterations that provide an advantage to an organism in its environment, leading to increased survival or reproductive success.

Sexual Reproduction

A biological process where organisms create offspring by combining the genetic material of two different cells (gametes).

Deleterious Mutations

Genetic changes that are harmful to an organism, often resulting in decreased fitness or survival.