PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Prosocial Behavior, Konrad Lorenz, Murder Of Kitty Genovese
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Chapter 8: altruism & aggression [nov 22nd] . Altruism vs. pro-social behaviour: highly dependent on your end goal (doing something for oneself [altruism], or for the of oneself and those around them [pro-social behavior]) Altruism: unselfish behavior that benefits others without conscious regard to consequences for oneself. Pro-social behavior: any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person. Why do we help: social exchange: the theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize o(cid:374)e"s re(cid:449)ards a(cid:374)d (cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:373)ize o(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)osts. Helping benefits the giver as well as the receiver. Human interaction is guided by a social economics. We exchange not only material goods and money, but also the social goods; love, services, info, status, and by doing that, we minimax costs (minimax costs, maximize rewards. Egoism: a motive to increase your own welfare: the opposite of altruism, which aims to increase someone else"s welfare. Feel bad, do good (help us believe that kindness is reciprocated)
