Psychology 3228A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Green Wood Hoopoe, Reciprocal Altruism, Prosocial Behavior

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3228A/B
• Professor: K. MacPherson

Document Summary

Prosocial behavior towards non-kin: prosocial behavior can"t fully be explained by kinship this type of behavior is also observed btw unrelated individuals. Cost of altruistic act to recipient < benefit to the actor: helping shouldn"t harm oneself, not adaptive, 2. Animals should be able to recognize each other. So they can reciprocate and also detect cheater: 3. Animals should have a reasonably long life span. Semantics: reciprocal altruism vs. direct reciprocation/reciprocation/reciprocity, the latter terms have been used to describe these behaviors in non-human animals. It may be a bit picky but technically "altruism"" is maybe not the right term. Frequency of assistance given = frequency of assistance received: 3. Immediate costs to actor are later recouped: generally, it"s accepted that this does exist in non-human animals though it is rare and most often occurs among primates. A subordinate male baboon distracts a dominant male who is in a consort relationship w a female in oestrus.