PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Behaviorism, Magic Johnson, Disinhibition
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Is there such thing as true altruism? volunteering helping someone with no rewards acting out of kin/self interest pro: mother teresa con: may seem altruism emotional benefit of feeling good > power positive reinforcer. Why do people help: learning, arousal, norms, behaviourism: helping is the by-product of the individual"s conditioning history. Cialdini et al. (1987) negative state relief model : arousal ambiguous, labeling that arousal with a particular emotion, the label that"s generated is cued by situational features. No. egoistic desire to relieve ones own distress vs. Argues true altruism exist to some extent, agrees with cialdini"s perspective as well. Batson (1991) empathy-altruism hypothesis : negative state relief does occur, but, so can perspective-taking, which leads to. Empathic concern behavior (critical): imaging the world form another persons perspective. Perspective-taking is a cognitive behavior that will develop at a certain time. Empathic concern: more of a altruistic motivation.
