Author Question: A giant tornado is bearing down on Dorothy's farmhouse. She only has time to help one other ... (Read 118 times)

jman1234 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

A giant tornado is bearing down on Dorothy's farmhouse. She only has time to help one other resident. Based on research regarding kin selection, whom will Dorothy take with her to the storm cellar?

a. her sister, Glenda
b. her grandmother, Margaret
c. her beloved dog, Toto
d. her favorite farm hand, Ray

Question 2

Researchers (Burnstein, Crandall, & Kitayama, 1994) found that when participants imagined a house fire, they were more likely to help some people than other people.

Based on these researchers' findings, it seems that in life-and-death situations,
a. norms are more important than genetic similarity.
b. culture is more important than biology.
c. biological relatives are more likely to be helped than are nonrelatives.
d. women are more sensitive to norms, and men more sensitive to biology.