PSYC 2120 Chapter 12: Chapter 12 Notes.docx

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Helping: behaviour intended to assist another person; recipient may or may not have requested assistance but the helper perceives that aid is needed. Prosocial behaviour: action that provides benefit to other people: encompasses helping, but also includes actions that are not necessarily intended to assist others, such as following the rules of a game. Types of helping: 3 dimensions in helping. Involves distinction between giving what you have and doing what you can : causal helping. typically unplanned and not serious; it can involve either giving what you have or doing what you can. giving someone a snack, answering a short question: emergency helping. unplanned but it is serious and always involves doing what you can. offering assistance or calling for help after an accident, returning money: substantial personal helping. typically planned; often serious and can involve either giving what you have or doing what you can.

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