Parent-offspring conflict predicts that __________.
A)selection will favor adaptations in parents to manipulate children to accept greater levels of investment than they are willing to accept
B)selection will favor adaptations in children to manipulate parents toward children's optimum level of investment
C)parents will wean children later than children prefer
D)parents will encourage competition between siblings as a means of sizing up where the parents' investment is best allocated

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Parent-offspring conflict predicts that selection will favor adaptations in children to manipulate parents toward children's optimum level of investment. This means that offspring will try to maximize the resources invested in them by their parents, while parents will try to minimize the resources invested in each offspring in order to allocate their resources efficiently among all of their offspring. As a result, conflicts of interests arise between parents and offspring, and selection favors adaptations in both parents and offspring that help them to resolve or circumvent these conflicts in their favor.

Parent-Offspring Conflict Predicts That __________