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1. Read the text paying attention to the verbs with prepositions in italics. Explaining Altruism

Sociobiologists believe that altruism, like aggression, is linked to genetics (Guisinger &r Blalt, 1994; Rushton, 1989). Although altruistic behavior benefits other people, sociobiologists believe it can also help people pass on their genes to future generations. At least it can do so if the altruistic behavior is directed toward relatives – that is, toward people who have many of the same genes as the altruist.

By helping our relatives survive and reproduce, sociobiologists argue, we are indirectly passing on our own genes to the next generation. In this way, genes for altruism have come to be part of the human gene pool. Thus, according to the socio-biological view, humans are altruistic by nature (Simon, 1990).

The sociobiological explanation of altruism has been criticized for many of the same reasons that the sociobiological explanation of aggression has been criticized: no clear-cut genetic basis for altruistic behavior has been found, and the tendency to act altruistically varies too widely to be under genetic control. The sociobiological view of altruism has also been criticized for failing to explain why people act altruistically toward those who are not related to themselves.

Factors that promote altruistic behavior include being in a good mood, being sensitive to the problems of others, being empathic, being competent to help needing the approval of others, and having a sense of personal responsibility for others. Factors that inhibit altruistic behavior include being unsure that another person needs help, believing that there is nothing one can do to help, being afraid of making a social blunder, and being afraid of getting hurt.

Sociobiologists believe that aggression helps people survive, reproduce, and transmit their genes to the next generation.

Freud believed that aggressive urges are natural but that they tend to be repressed and only expressed indirectly or toward strangers later in life.

Cognitive psychologists believe that people choose to exhibit aggressive behavior because they think that aggression is justified and necessary.

Learning theorists believe that people learn to be aggressive through reinforcement and observational learning.

Sociocultural theorists believe that some cultures encourage independence and competitiveness and that this, in turn, promotes aggression.

  1. Answer the questions.

1. Sociobiologists consider altruism to be linked to genetics, don’t they? 2. Is the altruistic behavior directed toward relatives or strangers? 3. Why are humans altruistic by nature? 4. Why has the sociobiological explanation of altruism been criticized? 5. What factors promote altruistic behavior? 6. Who believes that aggression helps people survive, reproduce, and transmit their genes to the next generation? 7. 8. Do cognitive psychologists or sociocultural theorists believe that people choose to exhibit aggressive behavior because they think that aggression is justified and necessary? 9. Who believes that people learn to be aggressive through reinforcement and observational learning?