Meerkats are small desert mammals that live in groups of 20–50 individuals. you observe one meerkat standing upright on a stump,
looking around, while other meerkats forage for food. you hypothesize that this is an example of kin selection. what additional information would you need to know to evaluate your hypothesis? all other activities of this meerkat as well as those of all other members of the group the body size of this meerkat relative to other members of the group the degree of genetic relatedness of this meerkat to all members of the group the gender of this meerkat as well as that of all other members of the group the foraging success of this meerkat as well as that of all other members of the group
I believe the answer is: <span>the degree of genetic relatedness of this meerkat to all members of the group
If the behaviors that displayed that one single meerkat is affected by their biological condition or even social role in its group, the intial hypothesis about Kin selection become invalid because the behavior would had nothing to do with mate selection.</span>
In 1983, Paul Amato, a professor of sociology and
Criminology at Pennsylvania State University staged an incident in which a man
fell in pain and raised his pant leg to reveal an injury. He repeated the
staged scene in both rural and urban areas and found that of the total number
of people who passed the scene, about 50 PERCENT of those in rural areas stopped
to help.
This technique is a broder type of thinking that involves many ideas which are used towards pursuing various directions in order to come up with more ideas , this type of thinking involves creativity in which there is no restrictions to stick to one idea but it allows the invention of new ideas.
