PSYC 355 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Kin Recognition
18 Mar 2015
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11. 1. 2 prosocial behaviour toward non kin: trivers" reciprocal altruism proposal (cid:224) genes for helping behaviour selected if individuals do not indiscriminately help others, but help those specifically who have been prosocial themselves (increases chance of them helping you in the future), game theory: the study of cooperation and competition among individuals using simulations of interactions, payoff of individual is dependent on the actions of the other individual, the prisoners dilemma": game analyzed in game theory that has been used to model the evolution of prosocial behaviour, best solution = tit for tat" (cid:224) copy everything the partner does. People seem willing to incur costs to punish others, even if they: reputation and partner choice: were not harmed themselves, preference for prosocial partners selects for prosocial behaviour within a species, nowak & sigmund (cid:224) individuals who engage in prosocial behaviour develop a reputation for doing so, and will more likely be selected by others as interaction partners.
