How Does the Concept of Inclusive Fitness Explain Behavioural Traits

question 67

Multiple Choice

How does the concept of inclusive fitness explain behavioural traits like self-sacrifice (which clearly reduces the survival and reproductive opportunities of the individual who is self-sacrificing) ?

• A)Inclusive fitness recognizes that the sum of an individual's behaviour includes both rational and irrational behaviour.
• B)Inclusive fitness is the sum of an individual's own reproductive success as well as the reproductive success of all related individuals, so sacrificing yourself for your relatives may enhance fitness.
• C)The probability of self-sacrifice increases as anonymity increases, so it is considered to be pure altruism and is uniquely human.
• D)Inclusive fitness is the sum of all reproductive successes, and when that amount is high enough, then the individual is free to sacrifice itself for the good of the species.

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