PSYC 2320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Social Order, Meta-Analysis, Hominidae
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Prosocial behavior: behavior intended to help others: may or may not be altruistic. Therapists help people but receive money in return. If the other player cooperated you cooperate. If the other player made the competitive move . Tit-for-tat is closely based on reciprocation: works well and promotes and protects you from being taken advantage of when the other person is being exploitive. Lose trust and con dence: competition: the big picture, important and profound insight into how people relate to each other, cooperation is a fragile tendency, easily destroyed, across most species, competition is the norm and cooperation is rare. People tend to cooperate with members of their group - motivated by evolution: cooperation requires each person to make sacri ces so that all can bene t, people who break these rules: undermine the system and ruin it for everyone. The third dog would not make the other dog respect the other"s property.
