Question

According to the principle of intrinsic fitness (the representation of your genes in your relatives), which of the following strategies best suits a young bird?
a. go on his own, find a mate and try to raise at most one chick each year
b. stay with the parents for one year and help them raise two additional chicks, then go find a mate for the second year when he can raise two chicks on his own.
c. stay with the parents for 2 years and help them raise two additional chicks each year

Answer 1

Answer:

Option A

Explanation:

As per the principle of intrinsic fitness, a person likes to work for his/her inner satisfaction driven by motivation within him/herself.

Thus, a young bird which feels an urge to produce chicks by mating each year will ultimately go outside to find his/her mate on their own and will produce chick every year. In an intrinsic behaviour the rewards achieved are internally self satisfying and thus a person need no assistance in achieving them on their own.

Thus, option A is correct.