PSYCH 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Ingroups And Outgroups, Kin Selection, Prosocial Behavior

• School: PSU
• Department: Psychology - CA
• Course: PSYCH 221
• Professor: Joshua Goodwin, K A R E N G A S P E R

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Prosocial behavior: act done with goal of helping someone. Altruism: helping someone but for no benefit to self. Ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455) e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)s thi(cid:374)gs through dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:374)atural sele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) as (cid:449)ell as ge(cid:374)es. Kin selection: (not biased), (cid:449)e(cid:859)re (cid:373)ore likel(cid:455) to help fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)ers (cid:894)so that their genes survive and the family keeps going) Reciprocity norm: belief that if we do something for someone, the(cid:455)(cid:859)ll (cid:271)e i(cid:374)(cid:272)li(cid:374)ed to help us i(cid:374) the future. Altruistic personality: some people just have it, can do a questionnaire to find out. Gender differences in helping: men do the short-term heroic acts, women do long-term care acts. Cultural differences: out-group: o(cid:374)l(cid:455) help the(cid:373) if there(cid:859)s perso(cid:374)al gai(cid:374) In-group: prefer to help them as we empathize better with them: simpatia: latin core value to help no matter what, culture is altruistic. Religion: no significant difference, all religious figures (priests etc. ) tend to help the same amount.