Assignment

– Families and Development 

• How does kin selection explain altruism?
• Why does evolutionary theory predict conflict within families will occur?
• Explain how sibling rivalry is a consequence of parent-offspring conflict.
• What is discriminative parental solicitude?
• What is childhood for and explain the social clock?
• Explain the grandmother hypothesis.
• Identify and explain “I learned that…” and “I was surprised that…”.