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altruism |
behavior that is designed to increase another person's welfare, particularly if the behavior does not seem to provide a direct reward to the person who exhibits it. |
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reciprocal altruism |
the mutual, and generally equitable, exchange of benefits between people. |
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reciprocity norm |
a social norm that indicates that if someone helps us, then we should help them in the future, and we should help people now with the expectation that they will help us later if we need it. |
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social responsibility norm |
a social norm that indicates that we should try to help others who need assistance, even without any expectation of future payback. |
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personal distress |
the negative emotions that we may experience when we view another person's suffering. |
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empathy |
an affective response in which the person understands, and even feels, the other person's distress, and when he or she experiences events the way the other person does. |
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pluralistic ignorance |
the belief that others in our environment have information that we do not have. |
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diffusion of responsibility |
the perception that others will take action and therefore we do not need to take action ourselves. |
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altruistic or prosocial personality |
an individual difference variable that relates to the likelihood of helping others across many different situations. |
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just world belief |
the belief that people get what they deserve in life. |
