According to Your Textbook, One of the Most Important Factors

question 48

Multiple Choice

According to your textbook, one of the most important factors in helping others involves

• A) making ourselves feel less depressed.
• B) fulfilling our need for affiliation.
• C) our feeling of connection to the victim.
• D) our need for recognition and achievement.

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Definitions:

Americas

The continents of North and South America, including the Central American and Caribbean regions, known for diverse cultures, histories, and ecological systems.

Affluent Society

A society that possesses a high level of wealth and consumption, often characterized by a high standard of living.

Marshall Sahlins

An American anthropologist known for his work on the structure of kinship and the evolution of societies and cultures.

Paleolithic

Referring to the earliest period of the Stone Age, characterized by the use of primitive stone tools and hunting and gathering as a way of life.