Research on Helping and Altruism Suggests That People

question 79

Multiple Choice

Research on helping and altruism suggests that people:

• A)help anyone in real need regardless of genetic relatedness.
• B)help others according to how closely they are genetically related to them.
• C)help all genetically related relatives in roughly the same manner.
• D)always help genetically related relatives when askeD.

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Definitions:

Drinking and Drug Problems

Issues relating to the misuse or dependence on alcoholic beverages or narcotics, which can lead to physical, psychological, and social harm.

Batterers

Individuals who engage in physical, emotional, or sexual abuse against their partners.

Helplessness

A state of being unable to prevent or avoid negative outcomes, often leading to a lack of effort or motivation.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

A psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event, such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, or rape or who have been threatened with death, sexual violence, or serious injury.