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| any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person |
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| the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper |
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| the attempt to explain social behavior in terms of genetic factors that evolved over time according to the principles of natural selection |
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| the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection |
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| The expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future |
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| the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person and to experience events and emotions the way that person experiences them |
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| Empathy- Altruism Hypothesis |
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| Idea that 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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| the qualities that cause an individual to help others in a wide variety of situations |
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