PSYCH 2C03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reciprocal Altruism, Prosocial Behavior, Richard Dawkins
16 Dec 2018
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Kin selection (do this because of inclusive fitness) It is natural to help people you"re related to; it is heroic if help people not related to you. Suggests we value the heroism of people saving unrelated people: burnstein, crandall, kirayama. Effect of kinship on helping: does the average person behave in a way that"s consistent with kin selection, canernegie hero fund commission. Study 1: do regular people understand kindship, survey: how closely do you perceive yourself to be related to your (cousin/mom/stepsister etc. ) 3 people trapped in burning building, only have time to save one of them. Likelihood of helping by situation type just look at kinship and ignore other variables. In everyday situations, more likely to help people we are related to (significant slope but still small) In life or death situations where could lose the genes, very motivated by relatedness.
