PSY220H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Empathic Concern, Kin Selection, Motivation
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Why do we help: altruism: an altruistic person is concerned and helpful even when no benefits are offered. Chapter 8: altruism: helping others or expected in return: social exchange. 1: profound grief is another example which makes people go through intense self preoccupation (which makes it hard to give to others) In short, the feel bad do good effect occurs with people whose attention is on others, people for whom prosocial behaviour is, therefore, rewarding. Kin selection: the argument that a behaviour occurs because of its survival function is hard to disprove. People seemed to think it wasn"t their business when the woman was married to the attacker: spousal abuse, it seems, just doesn"t trigger as much concern as stranger abuse. 5: the bigger and more densely populated the city, the less likely people were to help. In large cities, bystanders are also more often strangers whose increasing numbers depress helping. Wonderland, they were late for a very important date.
