• P: one behaviour that can be explained by evolutionary influences is altruism.
• E: according to the theory of natural selection, behaviours enhancing survival and reproduction more likely to be passed through generations. For example, parents who risk their lives to save their children demonstrate altruistic behaviour
• E: this can be explained as adaptive, because saving one’s offspring increase chances of those genes being passed on, thus preserving individual’s gene pool
• L: links to evolutionary assumption that behaviours like altruism evolved because they increased reproductive success, makes more likely to be selected over time
