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rewards,
avoiding
punishment
Theories
Why do
we
help?
ALTRUISM
Evolutionary
psychology
Social norms
The reciprocity norm.
The social
responsibility norm.
Gender and receiving
help.
Evolutionary psychology
Kin protection
Reciprocity
interests.
EMPATHY An emotion evoked by sympathy
for another
Number of Bystanders
Time pressures
Similarity
Personality
traits
Religious
Faith
PERSONALITY TRAITS
(1) Individual differences
PERSONALITY TRAITS
Mother Teresa
RELIGIOUS FAITH
Religious faith predicts long-
term
altruism,
as
reflected
in
undermining
intrinsic motivation by bribing people to do what they already
like doing they may then see their action as externally
controlled rather than intrinsically appealing.