Altruism is a type of behavior in which an animal sacrifices its own interest for that
of another animal or group of animals. Altruism is the opposite of selfishness;
individuals performing altruistic acts gain nothing for themselves.
Examples of altruism abound. both among humans and among other mammals.
Unselfish acts among humans range from the sharing of food with strangers to the
donation of body organs to family members, and even to strangers. Such acts are
altruistic in that they benefit another, yet provide little reward to the one performing
the act.
In fact, many species of animals appear willing to sacrifice food, or even their life, to
assist other members of their group. The meerkat, which is a mammal that dwells in
burrows in grassland areas of Africa. is often cited as an example. In groups of
meerkats, an individual acts as a sentinel, standing guard and looking out for
predators while the others hunt for food or eat food they have obtained. If the
entinel meerkat sees a predator such as a hawk approaching the group, it gives an
alarm cry alerting the other meerkats to run and seek shelter, By standing guard,
the sentinel meerkat
meerkat gains nothing-it goes without food while the others eat, and
places itself in
grave danger. After it issues an alarm, it has to flee alone, which
might make it more at risk to a predator, since animals in groups are often able to
work together to fend off a predator. So the altruistic sentinel behavior helps ensure
the survival of other members of the meerkat's group.
The reading and the lecture are both talk about altruism and its advantages for the society. While the author of the article argues that altruism exists in humans and animals, making the world a better place, but the lecturer disputes the claims mentioned in the article. Their position is that all the behaviour and reactions of these animals are not selfless and from a self-serving point of view.
Firstly, according to the article, the writer’s principal point was humans sacrifice for others, even in situations where they have nothing to gain. Building on that, the article also mentions cases of organ donation and feeding the poor as cases of altruism. These acts aren't of any advantage to the providers, but they help the society at large. The lecturer challenges this specific argument when they claim that organ donors receive approval and appraisal from everyone. Additionally, they also point out that these non-materialistic rewards may be enticing, hence giving the people to a reason perform good deeds thus taking them away from selflessness.
Secondly, the author suggests the example of meerkats, where the sentinel Meerkat without any gains, stands guard as his tribe hunts or eats food. They also go onto note that these meerkats do not get food for a while, and they put themselves at great risk for their group members' survival.
Although, the speaker asserts that sentinel meerkats usually eat before guarding the surroundings. Moreover, during this time the guards have the maximum chances of escaping from a predator attack. Due to the duty, they stand very near to a burrow, thus in case of any danger, they are the first ones to run away to a safer location. Along with that, once the guard meerkat sounds an alarm, there will be high commotion in tribe, causing a shift in attention for the predator as well. Thus, all in all the hubbub helps sentinel meerkat to run away, pushing the feeding and hunting meerkats' lives in danger. All of this combined together, makes the guard meerkat's job one of the safest places to survive a predator.
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- The following was written as a part of an application for a small business loan by a group of developers in the city of Monroe A jazz music club in Monroe would be a tremendously profitable enterprise Currently the nearest jazz club is 65 miles away thus 67
- A nation should require all of its students to study in the same national curriculum until they enter college 83
- Rainforest should be deforested or not 80
- Some young adults want independence form household as soon as possible Other young adults want to stay with their families for a longer time Which of the situations so you think is better 73
- N A 3
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...e poor as cases of altruism. These acts arent of any advantage to the providers, but ...
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Line 3, column 291, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Although” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
... risk for their group members survival. Although, the speaker asserts that sentinel meer...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, hence, if, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, thus, well, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1727.0 1373.03311258 126% => OK
No of words: 348.0 270.72406181 129% => OK
Chars per words: 4.96264367816 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.31911543099 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50042109018 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 208.0 145.348785872 143% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.597701149425 0.540411800872 111% => OK
syllable_count: 518.4 419.366225166 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 28.1585216897 49.2860985944 57% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 107.9375 110.228320801 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.75 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.75 7.06452816374 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.136506673658 0.272083759551 50% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0425330934364 0.0996497079465 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0485789804125 0.0662205650399 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0897678189675 0.162205337803 55% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0531553381175 0.0443174109184 120% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.8 13.3589403974 96% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.08 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 63.6247240618 152% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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