Social psychology: Prosocial behaviour and helping

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Prosocial behaviour:
actions that are generally valued by other people in a particular society
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Helping behaviour:
acts where people voluntarily and intentionally behave in a way they believe will benefit others
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Altruism:
an act which benefits others but is not expected to have any personal benefits
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Evolutionary origins of helping behaviour assume that...
There is a preference for helping blood relatives
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According to the social exchange theory, helping behaviour is motivated by...
Maximising rewards and minimising costs
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The empathy-altruism hypothesis:
When we feel empathy for a person, we will attempt to help that person purely for altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain
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According to the bystander intervention decision tree, how many steps are there to helping in an emergency?
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Which statement about urban overload is true?
People in cities are less likely to help others
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acts where people voluntarily and intentionally behave in a way they believe will benefit others

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Altruism:

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Evolutionary origins of helping behaviour assume that...

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