Burnstein and Colleagues Reason That Helping Should Decrease as the Genetic

question 24

Multiple Choice

Burnstein and colleagues reason that helping should decrease as the genetic relatedness between helped and recipient decreases and argue that __________.

• A)helping that is relatively trivial is a better test of the inclusive fitness hypothesis
• B)inclusive fitness theory is the best of competing hypotheses for differences in helping behavior as a function of genetic relatedness
• C)no other theory besides inclusive fitness hypothesis predicts a helping gradient that follows from the amount of genetic overlap
• D)many theories in psychology predict a helping gradient that follows from the amount of genetic overlap

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Definitions:

Fixations

Persistent focuses or attachments to behaviors, concepts, or stages of development that were significant in early childhood, possibly leading to psychological issues.

Propriate Motives

Motivations that are integral to an individual's self-concept and are related to the goals of maintaining self-identity and personal significance.

Genetically Determined

Traits or characteristics that are inherited from one's parents through genes.

Ego

The component of the mind in psychoanalytic theory that mediates between the unconscious desires of the id and the moral constraints of the superego.