Practice question · Multiple choice
A weaning tantrum is usually read as a baby being difficult. Parent-offspring conflict theory says something is genuinely in dispute. What?
Hints
- The mother is related to both offspring by one half. The infant is related to itself by one and to a sibling by one half.
- Ask when each of them thinks weaning should happen, given those numbers.
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A. How the mother's remaining resources should be divided
Why
The arithmetic disagrees before anyone does. Mother is indifferent between this infant and the next; the infant is not, weighting itself twice as heavily, so it wants milk for longer than she should give it. The tantrum is a negotiating position, and it is written into relatedness rather than temperament.
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