PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Prefrontal Cortex, Personal Distress, Dictator Game
20 Nov 2018
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Altruism: unselfish behavior that benefits others without regard to consequences for oneself. Social reward: being esteemed and valued by others, in the form of praise, an award, or acknowledgement in the mass media or social media. Personal distress: people are motivated to help others in need in order to reduce their own distress. Empathetic concern: feeling people experience when identifying with someone in need, accompanied by the intention to enhance the other person"s welfare. Physiological indicators of empathy: study with videotape of accident. Those who were empathetic had eyebrows pulled up in and upward and a concerned gaze and heart deceleration. Those less likely to help: pained wince in the face and heart rate acceleration. Volunteerism: nonmonetary assistance, people help out with no expectation of receiving any compensation. Receiving = no less likely to die than people who did not receive help. Bystander intervention: helping someone when people are witness to an emergency.
