Psychology 2720A/B Chapter Notes -Normal-Form Game, Social Dilemma, Cardiovascular Disease

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B
• Professor: Clive Seligman

Document Summary

Helping: behaviour that is intended to assist another person. Prosocial behaviour: any action that provides benefit to others (i. e. following rules, being honest, Four categories casual helping, emergency helping, substantial personal helping, and emotional: casual and emergency helping typically involves strangers relatively simple to perform, substantial and emotional helping usually involves friends/family more difficult to perform. 3 major dimensions along which helping behaviours vary: degree to which helping is planned/formal versus spontaneous/informal, the seriousness of the problem, distinction between giving what you have and doing what you can . Casual helping typically unplanned, not serious; involves giving what you have or doing what you can. Emergency helping usually unplanned, serious; involves only doing what you can. Substantial helping planned, serious; involves both giving what you have an doing what you can. Emotional helping planned, serious/not; involves doing what you can. Helping others can make you feel good, avoiding helping can make you feel guilty.