Chapter 12 Part 2: Prosocial Behaviour Flashcards
Prosocial behaviar
Doing nice things for others
helping others
Want to benefit someone else
Functional approach
When you do something nice for someone else, ur rly doing it for urself
Every good deed is selfish
Altruistic approach
Helping someone purley for their benefit
Kin selection
More likely to help someone were related to be it passes down our genes
Reciprocal helping
We engage in prosocial behavier bc of reciprocity
If I do something for someone, they’ll do something for me
3 stages of positive parenting
- reword for helpful behaviour
- Approval from others for helping
- Internalize value of helping
Social exchange theory
“If I help will the be more benefits than if I don’t help?”
- what’s the cost? Are they gonna die?
Empathy altruism model
The reason we help people is bc we have empathy for them
Similarity and prejudice
More likely to be empathetic to someone that is similar to you because you can understand them more then someone who lives a very diff life from you
The empathy gap
-We don’t always have empty for people
-We tend to underestimate the physical pain someone else is gg thru
Prosocial feelings:
Guilt
Communal / orientation
Recipient gratitude
Social security
Priming prosocial roles
Study shows people’s are more likely to help a friend than a stranger
Bystander effect
Less likely to help when other ppl are around
Steps to helping… Or not
-Notice
-Emergency?
-Take responsibility
-How to help
-Help
Pluralistic ignorance
People mistakenly believe that their private opinions or attitudes differ from those of others in a group, even tho they all secretly share the same opinion
Diffusion of responsibility
A situation in which the presence of others prevents any one person from taking responsibility
Population density
Small cities receive more help than bigger ones
Because big cities learn to zone out distractions, so they don’t pay attention to what’s around them (ex: NYC)
An altruistic personality
are more likely to show those traits — like kindness, helpfulness, or generosity — when a situation is unclear or ambiguous (not obvious what to do, or whether help is needed).
- a consistent tendency to act selflessly and prioritize the well-being of others over one’s own
