PSY220H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Twin, Kin Selection, Norm (Social)
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Act performed with the goal of benefiting another person. Makes me feel good i am able to help, benefit myself. Want to benefit them, and helping them can come at a cost to us. Ex. people running to burning buildings when it comes as cost to you. When asked why, he said he thought he had to help - risked injury, death to save someone he didn"t know. Prosocial is any act performed with intention of helping, can perform for selfish and selfles. Alturism is prosocial acts with the intention to benefit another even if it comes at a cost to oneself. Still makign sure some of my genes survive and pass on - genetic egoism. We should also be motivated to help our relatives who share certain genes in common with us. Ex. people report they would be more likely to help a genetic relative than a non- genetic relative.
