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
The professors is talking about a recent finding where the altruistic characteristics of Meerkats and humans are further examined to call into question its unselfish nature.
Firstly, the professor says that the sentinel meerkats first eat themselves before standing guard. In other words it contradicts the passage which states that it is not eating any food, where according to the professor the sentinel is already full and thus does not require any food.
Secondly, by standing guard sentinel is not making himself an ideal target, as the passage implies, rather it is increasing its probability of survival, as it is the first one to spot a potential predator. And the proximity of its location compared to the burrow means that it is also the first one to escape danger. Also after giving an alarm the other meerkats will cause commotion which will draw the predator to the other meerkats. Overall the professor points out that the seemingly selfless activities of meerkats are actually not as such.
Lastly, professor takes a critical look at human altruism. She argues that by donating food or organs, an individual receives appreciation from other people, which could lead to increased self worth for that individual. This features could be highly valuable for many people. And thus professor points out there are rewards available from this seemingly difficult tasks and thus contradicting the passage which points to the lack of reward from this activities, where in reality an individual can gain invaluable reward.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 16, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[4]
Message: You should probably use: 'are'.
Suggestion: are
The professors is talking about a recent finding where th...
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Line 9, column 318, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Also,
...is also the first one to escape danger. Also after giving an alarm the other meerkat...
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Line 13, column 106, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...gues that by donating food or organs, an individual receives appreciation from ot...
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Line 13, column 447, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[1]
Message: Did you mean 'these'?
Suggestion: these
...which points to the lack of reward from this activities, where in reality an individ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, first, firstly, if, lastly, look, second, secondly, so, thus, talking about, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1296.0 1373.03311258 94% => OK
No of words: 247.0 270.72406181 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.24696356275 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96437052324 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.68864320948 2.5805825403 104% => OK
Unique words: 144.0 145.348785872 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.582995951417 0.540411800872 108% => OK
syllable_count: 391.5 419.366225166 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 3.0 8.23620309051 36% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.6101173392 49.2860985944 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.818181818 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4545454545 21.698381199 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.72727272727 7.06452816374 138% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.115781361031 0.272083759551 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0423560666325 0.0996497079465 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0319696053669 0.0662205650399 48% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0596369038571 0.162205337803 37% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.045591797828 0.0443174109184 103% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 13.3589403974 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.47 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.2 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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