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Altruism

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Motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard of self-interests

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Social-exchange theory

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The social economic explanation of helping.

Human interactions are transactions that aim to max rewards and min costs. A cost-benefit analysis

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Altruistic people had more ___

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sexual partners and sex within relationships

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Rewards for helping can be ____ or _____

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external; internal

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do-good/feel-good effect

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An internal motivation for helping. Increases positive emotions

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How does helping relate to loneliness and death?

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Those who volunteered were happier, less lonely, and less likely to die in next 4 years

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What is difference in happiness between receiving and giving (time)?

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Happiness from giving remains high over time, while declines over time for receiving

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How do negative emotions play a role in helping?

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Those who experience greater distress are most likely to give help. Helping alleviates negative emotion.

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How does guilt relate to helping?

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People help to alleviate guilt.

Study on lying and then offered to help score questionnaires. (63 vs 2 min)

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Feel-bad/do-good exceptions

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Anger and grief does not promote giving to others.

Feel-bad/do-good happens when attention is on others

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Are happy people unhelpful?

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Happy people are helpful people.

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Reciprocity norm

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An expectation that people help those who help them.

Balance giving and receiving

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Social capital

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Supportive connections and cooperative actions that make community healthy

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Are reciprocity norms stronger in Asia or America?

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Asia

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Pledging money and favors study

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Those who had someone do favor for them previously are more likely to make a charity pledge

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Social-responsibility norm

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People should help those who need help. Without regard to future exchanges.

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Example of a social-responsibility norm

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If someone drops a book, you should pick it up

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How are responses to social-responsibility norm situations tied to attributions?

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We are less inclined to help those who made their own mess. Attribution of whose fault matters.

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Example of social-responsibility norm and Tony the psych student

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Tony asked for class notes. If he missed class due to illness, I’d be more likely to give notes than if he’s asking cuz he was lazy.

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Gender and receiving/asking for help.

What’s the collectivistic/individualistic explanation?

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Men help females more than males. Females help equally.

Women are more likely to ask for help.

Women are more collectivistic

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Evolutionary theory of helping

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Self-sacrifices will not preserve. Cooperation.

Kin selection, reciprocity, and group selection help overcome selfishness

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Kin Selection

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Parents who prioritize children are more likely to pass their genes on. Self-sacrifice for children.

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How did fraternal twins and identical twins differ in cooperation?

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Twice as likely for identical to cooperate. Suggests that more genes shared between each other –> more cooperation

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How does kin selection relate to in-group?

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We share more genes with neighbors than foreigners. In-group favortism can be explained through kin selection.

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Evolutionary view of reciprocity

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Traitor if don’t reciprocate. Punished if no reciprocate.

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Group Selection

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Groups of altruists outlast groups of non-altruists.

Societies have evolved ethical/religious rules.

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Level of explanation for each theory of altruism:

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Social-exchange: Psychological

Social norms: Sociological

Evolutionary: Biological

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Egoistic distress reduction vs. Empathy-based (genuine) altruism

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Helper’s own welfare vs. the person helped. People help even when own mood unaffected.

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Do evolutionary psychologists believe selfish genes are more likely to be passed or genes of self-sacrificing?

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Selfish

30
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Bystander Effect

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A person is less likely to help when there are other bystanders

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Why bystander effect?

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One is less likely to notice, interpret as emergency, and assume responsibility

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Bystander effect and sexual assult

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MeToo movement, soldiers in military, etc.

33
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What phenomenon was a part of George Floyd’s death?

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bystander

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Prosocial models and helping

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Prosocial models increase altruism. After hearing someone help, one is more likely to help.

35
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How does time pressure influence helping?

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Decreased helping by a lot.

36
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Similarity bias and helping

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We help people who are similar in appearance and beliefs.

37
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Does similarity bias extend to race?

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Kind of. When norms are ambiguous, there seems to be discrimination.

38
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Personality of those who share treats when young

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Politically progressive views

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Brain differences in those who donate a kidney

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They’re more reactive to observing someone else’s pain

40
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Which trait best predicts willingness to help?

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Agreeableness

41
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Which traits are present in those who are not helpful and lack empathy?

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Narcissism/Psychopathy

42
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Social class and helping.

especially when __

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Less privileged = more helpful

especially when nobody is looking

43
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Helping for those randomly assigned to be upper class

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Even those assigned showed lower empathy.

44
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When faced with potentially dangerous situations, which gender is more likely to help strangers?

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Men

45
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Medal for heroism in saving human life, what percentage are male?

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91%

46
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Which gender is more likely to donate kidney, risk death as holocaust rescuers, and volunteer with Peace Corps and Doctors of World?

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Women

47
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Which gender respond with greater empathy to friend problems?

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Women

48
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Evidence of women donating more

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single women donate more than single men, men donate more when married, and female-headed households donate more than male-headed.

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How does religious priming influence generosity?

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Increases ‘good’ behaviors.

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Religion vs. God priming

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God primes help to outgroup, Religion to ingroup

51
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Where is religiosity strongest for prosocial effect?

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In countries where religious behavior is personal choice. If it’s your idea, religion promotes helping.

52
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How does personalized appeal influence helping?

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Way more effective to promote helpfulness than posters/media.

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What’s deindividualized?

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Bystanders who are not personally identified. Individualizing helps with interpreting.

54
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How does guilt-laden (awakening guilt) influence helping?

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Guilt-laden people are helpful people.

55
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Why might personalized appeal help with helping for bystanders?

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makes bystanders more self-aware

56
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Asking for large or small amounts prompts giving?

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Small amounts “even a penny would help” (unless they’ve given previously. bigger requests –> bigger donations for those)

57
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How does labeling people help with generosity?

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Saying someone is a generous person makes them more willing to give in future (self-image).

58
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Moral Exclusion

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Perception of certain people as outside boundaries of applying moral values/rules

59
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Psychic numbing

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people more willing to donate to one than 2 children. People get numb to big numbers.

60
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How can altruism be socialized?

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First need to counter natural ingroup biases

61
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How can we model altruism?

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Don’t publicize bad habits. Read about helping makes more help. Reminded of norms help too.

62
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How effective is prosocial modeling in media?

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Pretty good. For kids especially. Prosocial songs also helped.

63
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How might service learning or volunteer programs in school curriculum help?

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Learn by doing.

64
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Does learning about bystander effect help combat it?

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Seems to be a bit. 1/4 –> 1/2 helped after 2 weeks.

65
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In social norms for altruism, what’s the external and internal motivators?

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External: reciprocity
Internal: social-responsibility

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In evolutionary theory for altruism, what’s the external and internal motivators?

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External: reciprocity
Internal: kin selection

67
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What are the 2 routes to helping?

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1) genuine altruism (empathy)
2) self-serving relieve distress.

68
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4 Characteristics of Altruistic Personality

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Empathy
Moral Reasoning
Social Responsibility
Compassion

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