Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Personal Distress, Cooperativeness, Egotism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
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Helping behaviour that is intended to assist another person: ex. hold a door open for a stranger, give directions with asked, getting a car out of the snow, offering words of advice. Prosocial behaviour any action that provides a benefit to others: has helping but can include actions that are not intended to help others, ex. following rules in a game, being honest. Helping can be divided into four different categories: casual helping involve strangers, emotional helping involve family and friends, emergency helping involve strangers, substantial personal helping involve family and friends. Helping behaviours can vary in three major ways: degree to which helping is planned or formal vs. spontaneous or informal. Ex. taking delinquents to the zoo vs. giving someone directions: seriousness of the problem, distinction between giving what you have" and doing what you can". Ex. giving what you have: donating money to a charity. Ex. doing what you can: pick up a package for a friend.