Writing Homework Help

• Please answer the following questions separately:

1. Explain several general motives for why helping behaviors occur (altruism, empathy, kin selection, reciprocal altruism, intragroup cooperation, caring for offspring, etc.).

2. Explain the empathy-altruism hypothesis.

3. Analyze individual differences regarding why some people are more likely to help (mood, culture, attractiveness, in-groups, self-interest goals, etc.).

4. Apply psychological concepts regarding what situational variables lead to more or less helping in different settings, include the bystander effect.