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helping others

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show Internal motivations Situational factors Perceptions of those in need  
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show Acts that are positively viewed by society  
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show • Preferential helping of genetic relatives • Results in the greater likelihood that common genes will survive ○ Found in Capuchin monkeys  
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show • Involves helping another despite some immediate risk/cost • Become more likely to receive help in return ○ Found in chimpanzees  
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Indirect altruism   show
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show Degree of relatedness (close vs distant),Health (good vs poor),Situation (everyday life vs life and death) More help for close than distant kin Tendency to help those that were sick compared to the healthy, was reversed in life or death situation  
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Issues/concerns with evolutionary theories of helping behaviour;   show
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show - Understanding or vicariously experiencing another individuals perspective and feeling sympathy and compassion for that individual  
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show - Helping makes us feel good - People feeling bad will help others to feel better - to help reduce negative feelings  
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Altruism vs egoism   show
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Batson (1991) Whether or not people help depends on how they respond emotionally to the victims plight   show
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true altruism   show
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Egoism   show
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Stocks, Lishner & Decker (2009) empathetic people help   show
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show Sent p's to a specific building to give a short talk; being a minister or a good Samaritan talk p's believed either early or late saw a man slouched in doorway The more the p's were running late, they were less inclined to help that man  
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The Bystander effect   show
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show Asked students to fill in paperwork in a room Gradually, the room filled with smoke P's alerted the experimenter - 75% of time if they were alone - 38% of time if they were with strangers - 10% of time if they were with passive confederates  
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show 1 - notice the event 2 - interpret the event as an emergency 3 - assume personal responsibility 4 - know how to help 5 - implement the help if these a violated any stage = no help  
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show Good moods ; increase helping -Less preoccupied with the self, more sensitive to others needs Bad moods ; Decrease helping ;Negative state relief model = more helping More focused on their own issues, less concerned about others = less helping  
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show Dissatisfaction and resentment stemming from the belief that one is deprived of desired and deserved outcomes compared to some referent (eg. What similar others have) - leads to a less likelihood of helping behaviours  
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