Chapter 12: Helping Flashcards
A motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s self interest
Altruism
The idea of selective altruism towards one’s close family members in order to enhance the survival of mutually shared genes
Kin Selection
Social Exchange —->
Social norms —->
Evolutionary ——>
Relief from distress
Social responsibility norm
Kin selection
The vicarious experience of another’s feelings is
Empathy
An altruistic person
Cares for others and helps them even when there’s no obvious benefits
In the kitty case, it was initially reported that 38 members were awakened by her screams. It was later found out about a dozen neighbors, witnessed her murder, out of which only ______ called the police and _______. intervened until the attacker left. 
Only two, no one
And social exchange theory we seek to
Minimize costs and maximize rewards
Has the number of people aware of an emergency increases, the likelihood of helping given
Decreases
We are most likely to have immediate family members. The explanation for our want to protect people with similar genes is called.
Kin selection
What is study found that people are more likely to stop and help someone change a flat tire if they saw someone else doing the same thing earlier on the road. This effect is due to
Prosocial modeling
Which is the theories about altruism below suggest that helping people is mostly motivated by external reports?
Social exchange theory
Charlie and Batsons experiment at Princeton found that _____ was the major factor explaining why some seminary students stopped and helped
Time
When parents suffer for their children, or rejoices for their children’s accomplishments. This parent is experiencing ______ for the children.
Empathy
Few people want to appear prejudiced. People favor their own race, but keep that buy a secret to preserve a positive image. If so, the same race by should appear only when people can attribute failure to help
Factors other than race
In numerous accounts of individuals, being attacked or injured when no one helped, the one commonality was
There are many bystanders