Altruism 2

Question 1

Is there more empathic concern in rural or urban areas?

Answer 1

More empathic concern in rural areas than urban

Question 2

Name the 3 things regarding context that predict helping

Answer 2

Stimulus overload - cities are busy, can’t pay attention to everything. Diversity - more likely to help similar others, cities have more diversity. Diffusion of responsibility - more people around, more likely to happen

Question 3

Describe pattern of altruism within social classes

Answer 3

Lower class tend to be more empathic and better able to judge emotions. Giver higher % to charity on average and are more helpful due to having fewer resources and stronger relationships

Question 4

Define situation construal

Answer 4

Construe situation as cooperative, may act more cooperatively. Construe situation as competitive - may act more competitively

Question 5

Explain the relationship between evaluation and altruism

Answer 5

Hard to understand why we help as helping others is costly. Goes against natural selection

Question 6

State the 2 evolutionary theories of altruism

Answer 6

Kin selection and reciprocity

Question 7

What is kin selection?

Answer 7

Tendency for natural selection to favour behaviours which increase chances of survival of genetic relatives. More likely to help those with same genes

Question 8

Define reciprocal altruism

Answer 8

Tendency to help others with expectation that they are likely to help back in the future

Question 9

Name the 3 cooperation determinants of altruism

Answer 9

Situation construal, partner construal, culture

Question 10

Summarise the prisoner’s dilemma game

Answer 10

2 men arrested for committing crime. Decide whether to stick to story and avoid admitting to crime or sell out friend for lighter personal sentence. Quiet = short sentence, confess = medium sentence, 1 confesses = 1 goes free, other has long sentence. Decision making under uncertainty.