Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Prosocial Behavior, Helping Behavior, Kin Selection
7 Nov 2016
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Chapter 10 prosocial behavior why do people help. Hunger games example: katniss volunteers instead of her sister as a self-interest example: Not kin selection self-interest: katniss lowers her own distress by helping her sister -> self-interest. Some species of birds, mammals, fish and insects are known to exhibit examples of altruistic behavior: researcher ties a string on an ant. ant is rescued by other ants (precision rescue behaviors in tetramorium sp. 2013) researcher throws ant in a pit with predators and see if others ants will save it. They do and try to attack the predator. Any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person. The desire to help others, even if it involves a cost to the helper. Evolutionary psychologists believe that people help others because of three factors that have been ingrained in our genes: The ability to learn and follow social norms.
