Psychology 2720A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Social Exchange Theory, Daniel Batson, Prosocial Behavior

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B
• Professor: Joel Armstrong

Document Summary

Prosocial behavior: any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person. Altruism: the desire to help others even if it involves a cost to the helper. Kin selection: the idea that behavior that helps a genetic relative is favored by natural selection. Norm of reciprocity: the expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future (begins in infants) Highly adaptive function to learn social norms from other members in society and a major social norm in all societies is helping others-altruism. Social exchange theory: much of what we do stems from the desire to maximize our rewards and minimize our costs this is seen with helping behaviors-when the costs are high people are less likely to help gained such as approval. Batson"s empathy-altruism hypothesis: the idea that when we feel empathy for a.