Evolutionary perspectives on helping behavior suggest that individuals
a. sometimes offer assistance to others even when doing so puts their own survival at great risk.
b. are more likely to offer help to attractive others who seem to be good potential mates.
c. are more likely to offer help to distant versus close relatives.
d. who only look out for themselves tend to be most successful from a reproductive standpoint.
Question 2
Jason fills out an application for college with the grades he remembered getting throughout high school. While reviewing the application with a guidance counselor, the counselor points out that Jason seems to have inflated a few of his lower grades. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for Jason's behavior?
a. Jason is displaying the reminiscence peak characteristic of autobiographical memories.
b. Jason fell prey to the tendency to revise personal histories to suit his current self-image.
c. Jason relied on introspection and consequently impaired his self-knowledge of his grades.
d. Jason was affected by the impact bias, which skewed his memory of his grades.
The work of Charles Darwin forms the foundation for modern evolutionary theory.
Some red squirrels adopt the offspring of related individuals, a likely example of kin selection pro
Dominance relationships among individuals play an important role in many primate societies.
The brains of animals of different evolutionary ages
Fraction of obese individuals by state in 1998 and 2008. In 1998, 42 states had obesity rates below
Instinctive behavior