PSY 124 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Pluralistic Ignorance, Victimology, Collectivism
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The essential feature for prosocial behaviour is a sense of connection among individuals. Evolutionary perspectives emphasize not the survival of the fittest but the survival of the individuals genes - so helping someone might be dangerous to ones genes. Kin selection: preferential helping of genetic relatives, so that genes held in common will survive. Found that more helping occurred among those more closely related. One exception friends received as much help as did more closely related kin. >strongest when biological stakes are particularly high, e. g. , in life-and-death situations rather than everyday situations. This does not explain why some people help others that are not their relatives or friends. Reciprocal altruism: helping someone can be in your best interest because it increases the likelihood that you will be helped in return. (example: monkey groomed another monkey more likely to help the monkey that groomed them. ) Rewards of helping: helping others to help oneself. People help each other because it"s often rewarding.
