PSYC 215 Chapter 14: Chapter 14 Groups
24 Jan 2016
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Unselfish beh that benefits others w/o regard to consequences for (cid:1) (cid:1) oneself (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) be gained for helping others and serves as a motive for altruistic behavior. Acknowledgement of mass media can encourage someone to do. There are certain motives behind acts of altruism: social reward: a benefit, such as praise, positive attention that may. Many forces can inhibit it: self-preservation, fear of embarrassment personal distress. Automatic and emotion like impulse something brave. Heard tape of their own crying, crying of another day old and one of an 11 month old responded more to the cries of the other newborn. When we see someone cry we often experience our own feelings of. Created a situation in which participants encounter another person in (cid:1) (cid:1) distress for whom they feel empathic concern. If participants help than their motives aren"t selfish ones.
