PSYCH 2367.01 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Kin Selection, Normative Social Influence, Ingroups And Outgroups
12 Feb 2018
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Engaging in any behavior that benefits someone else. Helping out of the desire to benefit someone else, with no benefit (and. 6) overlap often a cost) to the self. Altruistic behaviors are part of prosocial behaviors. Social behavior product of genetic factors developed over time through natural selection. Preferential helping of genetic relatives so that genes held in common will survive. Problem: cannot explain why ppl help non-relatives. However, findings do indicate that ppl are more willing to help relatives than non-relatives (and close relatives over distant ones) Helping other ppl increases the likelihood that they will help you. Helping ingroup members more than outgroup members increases the chances that your group will survive. Helping behaviors are motivated by maximizing benefits and minimizing costs. Ppl will help whenever the rewards are greater than the costs. Assumes that there is no (cid:3247)true(cid:3248) altruism egoism is what drives helping behaviors.
