PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Motivation, Pluralistic Ignorance, 18 Months
5 Jun 2012
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This theory does not account for altruistic behaviour, as it often involves behaviours that risk the individuals well being. Kin selection: the idea that behaviour that helps a genetic relative is favoured by natural selection. Via kin selection, the chances of your genes being passed to the next generation is enhanced not only by your children, but the children of your relatives. According to the evolutionary theory, those who follow kin selection are more likely to survive than those who do not, so over the millennia, it has been ingrained in human behaviour. Research does not fully support this; emotional closeness, rather than genetic relatedness, is a better predictor of altruism. The expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future. In sum, evolutionary psychologists believe that people help each other because of three factors: kin selection norms, the ability to learn and follow social, the norm reciprocity.
