PSYC 2800 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Payphone, Dime (United States Coin), Murder Of Kitty Genovese
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312-332, starting at why do people help? on p. 312. With exception, with that section, students are not responsible for the details of the: balfour, o. Corace, et al. (2010) study on p. 313, webster et al. , 2008 study on p. 313, korchmaros and kenny (2006) study on p. 314, dunfield & kuhlmeier (2010) study on pp. Try it exercise on p. 315, abraham lincoln example on p. 317, emotional numbness section on pp. Procsocial behaviour is an act performed with the goal of benefiting someone else. Focus of topic is on behaviour motivated by altruism. Altruism is the helping purely out of desire to benefit someone else; no benefit often at a cost to oneself. Explaining social behaviour based on genetic factors; argues that genes that that lower chance of survival are less likely to be passed on because they reduce the likelihood of producing offspring e. g life threatening diseases.
