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Helping Behavior:
Refers to voluntary action intended to
help the other with reward regarded or
disregarded.
Key concept:
 Altruism
 Prosocial behavior
Altruism:
Helping another person with no
expectation of receiving a reward.
Prosocial Behavior:
Behavior that helps others regardless of
the helper’s motive.
Why do we help?
(Reasons)
 Social norms
 Sociobiology
 Social Exchange
 Empathy and Altruism
 Similarity
Social Norms:
Two basic social norms are common in
human societies.
1) Norm of reciprocity
2) Norm of social responsibility
Norm of Reciprocity:
Social rule that we are obligated to
help those who help us.
“if you don’t go somebody’s funeral, they
won’t come to yours” (yogi Berra)
(e.g. if we help someone, he / she
will help in return)
Norm of social responsibility
Social rule that we should help
those who depend on us.
(e.g. parents care for their
children, teachers guide student)
Social Exchange:
Social exchange theory :
The theory that social relationships are best
understood by people’s desire to maximize their
benefits and minimize their cost.
To obtain recognition and positive feedback at low cost
“man do not value a good deed unless it brings a
reward”
(Ovid, Epistulae ex ponto)
Sociobiology:
Instinct and Genes
Empathy and Altruism:
The Pure Motive for Helping
Empathy – Altruism Hypothesis
The theory holding that when we feel
empathy for a person, we will attempt to
help him or her, regardless of what we
have to gain
Similarity
We are more likely to help to
people who are similar to us
than dissimilar
Reducing Guilt Feeling:
The idea that good deeds, cancel
bad deeds.
Relive their Own Sadness &
Distress:
Help someone else with the goal
of helping self
Why Do Some People Help
More Than Others?
The Effect of Mood on Helping:
Feel Good , Do Good
Closeness :
more likely to help those we know
“it’s curious how, when you’re in
love, you yearn to go about doing
acts of kindness to everybody.
(P.G Wodehouse, the mating season ,1949)
When will we help?
What circumstances prompt people to help, or
not to help?
NO help
NO help
NO help
Try to help
Interpret as
emergency?
Assume
responsibility?
Notice the
incident?
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK:
M’aam
&
Whole class
FROM GROUP 4:
Nadeem Qasmi

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Helping behavior

  • 1.
  • 2. Helping Behavior: Refers to voluntary action intended to help the other with reward regarded or disregarded.
  • 3. Key concept:  Altruism  Prosocial behavior
  • 4. Altruism: Helping another person with no expectation of receiving a reward. Prosocial Behavior: Behavior that helps others regardless of the helper’s motive.
  • 5. Why do we help? (Reasons)  Social norms  Sociobiology  Social Exchange  Empathy and Altruism  Similarity
  • 6. Social Norms: Two basic social norms are common in human societies. 1) Norm of reciprocity 2) Norm of social responsibility
  • 7. Norm of Reciprocity: Social rule that we are obligated to help those who help us. “if you don’t go somebody’s funeral, they won’t come to yours” (yogi Berra) (e.g. if we help someone, he / she will help in return)
  • 8. Norm of social responsibility Social rule that we should help those who depend on us. (e.g. parents care for their children, teachers guide student)
  • 9. Social Exchange: Social exchange theory : The theory that social relationships are best understood by people’s desire to maximize their benefits and minimize their cost. To obtain recognition and positive feedback at low cost “man do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward” (Ovid, Epistulae ex ponto)
  • 10. Sociobiology: Instinct and Genes Empathy and Altruism: The Pure Motive for Helping
  • 11. Empathy – Altruism Hypothesis The theory holding that when we feel empathy for a person, we will attempt to help him or her, regardless of what we have to gain
  • 12. Similarity We are more likely to help to people who are similar to us than dissimilar
  • 13. Reducing Guilt Feeling: The idea that good deeds, cancel bad deeds. Relive their Own Sadness & Distress: Help someone else with the goal of helping self
  • 14. Why Do Some People Help More Than Others? The Effect of Mood on Helping: Feel Good , Do Good Closeness : more likely to help those we know
  • 15. “it’s curious how, when you’re in love, you yearn to go about doing acts of kindness to everybody. (P.G Wodehouse, the mating season ,1949)
  • 16. When will we help? What circumstances prompt people to help, or not to help?
  • 17. NO help NO help NO help Try to help Interpret as emergency? Assume responsibility? Notice the incident?
  • 18. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK: M’aam & Whole class FROM GROUP 4: Nadeem Qasmi