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@Brianna17

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How do evolutionary psychologists use the concepts of kin selection and the reciprocity norm to explain human prosocial behavior?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is NOT a topic for positive psychology?
 
  a. qualities that assist healthy human functioning
  b. humans' strengths
  c. ways to improve people's lives
  d. treatments for depression


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
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Answer: The notion of kin selection posits that people will be more likely to help a genetic relative than someone who is not genetically related; because genetic relatives share our genes, their survival ensures that some of our genes will be passed on. The norm of reciprocity enhances the odds of helping another because this norm reflects the assumption that if we help someone else, the help will be reciprocated sometime in the future, thus enhancing the odds that we will survive to pass on our genes. This norm might have evolved in our species because of the adaptability of cooperation rather than individual selfishness.

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