Pro Social behaviour

Question	Answer
Pro social behaviour	intentional helping behaviour or acts meant to benefit others eg. charity, sharing, sympathy, helping a stranger
Altruistic behaviour	actions motivated to help others rather than yourself
Biological bases of pro social behaviour	you are more likely to help family than a stranger to ensure survival of your own gene pool
Pro social behaviour is learned during childhood	Children learn from; > reinforcement through praise & reward > Instruction > observation
Empathy	component of pro social behaviour ability to understand another persons feelings
What stops pro social behaviour	> lack of empathy > location -small town more likely to help > bystander effect
bystander effect	presence of others reduces likelihood of pro social behaviour eg. Kitty Genovese case -murdered but neighbours didn't call for help
Diffusion of responsibility	more people around causes each person to assume the other will do something

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	Created by Alyssa Cronin over 3 years ago