Chapter 12: Pro-Social Behaviour

Question 1

Pro-Social Behaviour

Answer 1

Any behaviour that has the goal of helping another person

Question 2

Altruism

Answer 2

helping with expectation of personal gain

Question 3

Kinship selection

Answer 3

the idea that we’re likely to help those we are genetically related to. More altruistically toward people who could potentially reproduce and pass on their own genes, closer relation helping over further relations, younger vs older/unwell.

Question 4

Diffusion of responsibility

Answer 4

the belief that other people present in a situation will assume responsibility, which contribute to the bystander effect

Question 5

Bystander Effect

Answer 5

he situation whereby people are less likely to help in emergency situations when there are other people present if the person who could help is alone, resulting in a decreased likelihood of help being given

Question 6

Urban Overload Hypothesis

Answer 6

the hypothesis that people who live in urban areas are constantly exposed to stimulation, which in turn leads then to a decrease their awareness of their environment

Question 7

Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis

Answer 7

the idea that when we feel empathy for a person, we will help that person even is we incur a cost in doing so

Question 8

Norm of Reciprocity

Answer 8

he idea that we should help those who are in need of assistance because they then will help us in the future.

Question 9

Norm of Reciprocity

Answer 9

the idea that we have an obligation to help those who are in need of assistance