Kassin Psychology Chapter 10

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prosocial behaviors

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actions intended to benefit others

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kin selection

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preferential helping of genetic relatives, which results in the greater likelihood that genes held in common will survive

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empathy

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understanding or vicariously feeling another individuals perspective and feeling sympathy and compassion for the individual

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arousal cost reward model

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proposition that people react to emergency situations by acting in the most cost effective way to reduce the arousal of shock and alarm

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negative state relief model

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proposition that people help others in order to counteract their own feelings of sadness

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egoistic

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motivated by the desire to increase ones own welfare

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altruistic

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motivated by the desire to improve anothers welfare

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empathy-altruism hypothesis

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proposition that empathetic concern for a person in need produces altruistic motive for helping

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bystander effect

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effect whereby the presence of others inhibits helping

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pluralistic ignorance

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the state in which people in a group mistakenly think that their own individual thoughts, feelings or behaviors are different from those of the others in the group

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diffusion of responsibility

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belief that others will or should take responsibility for providing assistance to a person in need

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audience inhibition

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reluctance to help for fear of making a bad impression on observers

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good mood effect

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good mood increases helping behavior

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social norm

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general rule of conduct reflecting standards of social approval and disapproval

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norm of social responsibility

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moral standard emphasizing that people should help those who need assistance

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threat to self esteem model

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theory that reaction to receiving assistance depend on whether help is perceived as supportive or threatening