Psychology 2070A/B Study Guide - Dime (United States Coin), Inclusive Fitness, Normal-Form Game
17 Dec 2012
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Prosocial behaviour any action that provides benefit to others. Also includes actions not necessarily intended to assist others: following rules in game, being honest, cooperating. Helping behaviour that is intended to assist another person. Giving what you have vs. doing what you can. Inclusive fitness the principle that some social behaviours have been selected during the course of evolution because they increase the survival of our genes. Adult zebras will fight their attackers, even lions, in order to protect their young: ex. Female ground squirrels sometimes emit high pitched alarm calls when predator nearby brings attention to self. Would you lend your car to your brother/grandfather/cousin/acquaintance: ex. Archival evidence of wills in b. c. more items bequeathed to those more closely related genetically: ex. Factors of how much we help kin across different situations everyday helping doing favour for them and life-and-death willingness to rescue them from a fire.
