PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Prosocial Behavior, Role Theory
4 Mar 2020
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Have to ask: who should help and why, why don"t we help others in need? (bystander effect, why do we help others in need? (altruism v. egoism) Presents a pessimistic picture of prosocial behavior. Refers to any act, whether physical or psychological, that harms another, and harm is intended* Theories of aggression: evolutionary perspective: sexual strategies theory. Whatever helps us get copies of our genes in the next generation, that behavior will be used (aggression included) Males: are more physical aggressive than females. Women: when females are aggressive, they engage more in psychological / emotional aggression, good at relational" / reputational" aggression (gossiping, spreading rumors, etc about one another to get males to not want to reproduce with other females) Why: sex differences in reproductive biology, intrasexual (female female) competition for mates, not physical, but mental, meant to dissuade men to sleep with other females, contextual perspective: social role theory. Says that sex differences are socialized, not innate.
