PS268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Exchange Theory, Egotism, Normative Social Influence
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Midterm next week: 5-6-7-8 (6 questions (26 marks) 60 multiple choice-2 marks of bonus questions) Prosocial behaviour (why people do and do not help/ how to increase it and social support) Prosocial behaviour: any act (behaviour) performed with the goal of benefiting another person. When determining why someone acted prosocially, look at motive underlying the act (not the effects of acting prosocially) Lending a pencil or holding door open) substantial (ex. more: doing something with more effort, laundry, loaning car) Lend an ear to help a friend through an emotional time) Someone breaks a leg or something and you help or choking) Youtube: identify different types of help that you see. Giving someone something they lost: casual or substantial. Giving someone something they dropped : casual or substantial. Buying flowers for a crying person: emotional. Giving water to a thirsty person: casual (i think people help because they have just been helped.
