What is the main reason that humans probably do not have a death instinct as Freud postulated?
A) Human beings don't kill themselves in large numbers.
B) Human beings don't kill other people in most societies.
C) A drive toward death would not have survived natural selection.
D) All of Freud's theories have been proven wrong by empirical research.
Question 2
Studies of homicides committed by men versus women across the past four decades indicate that as sex-role norms have changed over the years,
A) men and women now commit an equal number of homicides.
B) men continue to commit the vast majority of homicides.
C) women continue to commit the vast majority of homicides.
D) women now commit a larger percentage of homicides than they used to.
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Ten Leading Causes of Death in the World, 2011
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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)