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altruism
increasing another’s welfare w/o conscious regard for one’s self interests
examples of altruism
Mohammad Gulab, Oscar Romermo, Irena Sendlerova, Paul Rusesabagina, Dorwan Stoddard
evolutionary psychology perspective
to pass on genes into the future
Sophie’s choice
chooses son to keep since he is not limited to # of offspring
predictions of evolutionary psychology doesn’t work in
asian countries
Kitty Genovesse
38 witnesses watched her get murdered
presence of others influence the turn of events
predictors of helping
modeling & conformity
modeling
when someone else helps & ppl see them dong it and follow
conformity
subway commuters free man b/c of social pressure
Darley & Baston
Good samaritan experiment
ways to increase helping
socializing altruism, practice effective altruism, increase awareness that helping others lowers loneliness, use strengths to help others
effective altruism
helping the most number of ppl w/resources you have
