Altruism
Associated Documents (3)
| Main Author | Published Year | Title | Document Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostrin, Zvi | Natural selection and human altruism | Thesis | |||
| Essock-Vitale, Susan M. | Predictions derived from the theories of kin selection | Article | |||
| Bowles, Samuel | Did warfare among ancestral hunter-gatherers affect the evolution of human social behaviors? | Article | |||
Associated Hypotheses (6)
| Main Author | Published Year | Hypothesis | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ostrin, Zvi | 1981 | Altruistic behaviors will be associated with kin and reciprocators. | |
| Ostrin, Zvi | 1981 | Altrusitic behavior will not be associated with strangers (non-kin and non-reciprocators) | |
| Essock-Vitale, Susan M. | 1980 | "Kin will be given more unreciprocated help than nonkin, with close kin receiving the most unreciprocated help (236). | |
| Essock-Vitale, Susan M. | 1980 | "Kin will be given more help than nonkin, with close kin receiving the most help" (236). | |
| Essock-Vitale, Susan M. | 1980 | "Assistance received will be a function of (1) kinship, (2) the ability to collect on debts, and (3) the ability to obtain credit" (241). | |
| Bowles, Samuel | 2009 | High mortality rates in war will predict the evolution of human social behavior towards altruism |