Chapter 11 : Prosocial Behavior

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Prosocial Behavior

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any act preformed with the goal of benefiting another person.

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Altruism

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the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper.

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Kin Selection

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the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection

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Norm of Reciprocity

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the expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future.

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Empathy

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the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another and to experience evens and emotions the way that person experiences them.

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Empathy - Altruism Hypothesis

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the idea that when we feel empathy for a person, we will attempt to hep that person for purely altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain.

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Altruistic Personality

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the qualities that cause an individual to help others in a wide variety of situations.

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In-Group

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the group with which an individual identifies as a member.

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Out-Group

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any group with which an individual does not identify

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Urban Overload Hypothesis

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the theory that people living in cities are constantly bombarded with stimulation and that they keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed.

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Bystander Effect

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the finding that the greater the number of bystanders who witness an emergency, the less likely an one of them is to help.

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Pluralistic Ignorance

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the case in which people think that everyone else in interpreting a situation in a certain way, when in fact they are not.

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Diffusion of Responsibility

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the phenomenon wherein each bystander's sense of responsibility to help decreases as the number of witnesses increases