The Authors Provide the Text of a UPI Story Describing

question 54

Multiple Choice

The authors provide the text of a UPI story describing the discovery of the bones of a disabled dwarf in a cave in northern Italy.The evidence recovered was interpreted by anthropologists to suggest that

• A)helping behavior is motivated only by rewards.
• B)there is no validity to the empathy-altruism hypothesis.
• C)humans help others even when there is no reward for doing so.
• D)helping behavior has evolved only in the last 2,500 years of human history.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Psychosexual development is a Freudian concept referring to a series of developmental stages from childhood to adulthood, where pleasure shifts from one body area to another, significantly shaping personality.

Psychosexual Stages

Freudian theory stages through which a child's personality develops, including the oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages.

Anal Stage

The second stage of psychosexual development, when gratification is attained through anal activities.

Melancholic

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