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Love is give and take
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Let us try to teach generosity
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Small changes can make
a big differences
Altruism and other altruistic
behavior
Altruism.
Altruism refers to an individual acting in a way that will
decrease its own survival chances, but improve the survival
chances of another individual.
The Darwinian perspective emphasising survival of the
fittest gave the impression that selfishness was the norm.
Pioneering work involving the study of animals living in
social groups in fact revealed that co-operation and
altruism are just as natural as selfishness.
If co-operation and altruism have evolved, then they must
have some adaptive benefits, researchers have analysed
the conditions under which adaptations for engaging in
such behaviour can be expected to evolve.
Examples of Animal Altruism.
Vampire bats will regurgitate and
feed blood that they have
collected from their prey to a
hungry conspecific (Wilkinson,
1990).
In many species of social insects,
workers forgo reproduction
entirely (they are sterile) in order
to help raise their sisters (Wilson,
1971).
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Theories of Altruism.
1. Kin Selection (Proposed by Hamilton, 1964).
By helping relatives to reproduce (even at the cost to your
own reproductive success) then your shared genes can
spread. Assisting a close relative thereby increases ones
Inclusive Fitness.
Using mathematical modelling, Hamilton showed that an
altruistic gene can spread through the population if it
causes an individual to help a relative, whenever the cost to
the individual is offset by the reproductive benefit gained
by the receiver.
Hamiltons Rule = r B>c
where r=coefficient of relatedness, B = benefit to the
recipient, c = cost to the giver.
Examples of Kin Selection.
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Altruism between Unrelated
Individulas/Reciprocal Altruism.
Altruism between unrelated individuals or the reciprocal altruism
proposed by Trivers (1971). Not all acts of altruism are directed to
close relatives.
Natural Selection may create psychological mechanisms designed
to deliver benefits even to non-relatives, provided that such
actions lead to reciprocal beneficial actions in the future where the
scenario is You scratch my back and Ill scratch yours, is an easy
to understand maxim.
Indirect Reciprocation.
Trivers (1971) argued that an altruistic act need not
necessarily be reciprocated by the person directly assisted
but can be returned indirectly from other individuals.
E.g if you advertise yourself as an altruist then individuals
will be more favourably inclined to deal with you in future
social exchange situations.
This may explain blood donation, giving to beggars, and
donating to charities.
It had been claimed that such actions indicate that human
behaviour is immune form evolutionary analysis and
demonstrates a pure form of altruism.
Alexander (1987) suggested that giving blood is a very
good way of demonstrating your altruism at only a modest
cost.
Evidence for Indirect Reciprocation.
We would maybe predict that individuals will not donate
blood or give to charity unless their actions are made
known i.e. by wearing a sticker or badge indicating their
actions.
Low & Heinen (cited in Alcock, 1993) reported that
students are significantly more likely to give to charity if
they receive a pin or tag that advertises their participation.
Mulcahy (1999) observed who gave money to beggars and
then interviewed mixed-sex couples after the male had
donated money.
Males at the early stage of a relationship were more likely
to give than those in a long-established relationship.
Thus the act of giving when accompanied by a female is not
simply to do with impressing a current partner, but
demonstrating one's generosity to a potential partner.