PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Online Chat, Pluralistic Ignorance, Gender Role
27 Sep 2013
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Prosocial behaviour: any act performed with the goal of benefitting another person. Altruism: the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper. Norm of reciprocity: the expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future. Also, the better one is at learning social norms, the better they are able to survive and be part of a culture. One norm learned is the value of helping others. Empathy: the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person and to experience events and emotions (joy and sadness) the way that person experiences them. Empathy-altruism hypothesis: when we feel empathy for someone, we"ll attempt to help for purely altruistic reasons. In the carol marcy experiment, ps listened to an interview with carol, who describes how both her legs were broken and it"s difficult for her to keep up with her coursework.
