Prosocial behavior

Stories of individuals that have engaged in acts of altruistic heroism

• Experimental studies

• Anecdotal data

• Case studies

Marsh et al (2014) is

• a quasi-experiment

• a lab experiment

• case study

• field experiment

Marsh et al (2014) can be used for the essay on

• biological origin of prosocial behaviour

• research methods and ethics in the study of prosocial behaviour

• questions about research methods, techniques used to study the brain and localization of function

• Biological origin and localization of functions

• All of the above

According to Adrian Raine

• psychopaths have reduced amygdala responsiveness to fearful facial expressions

• Reduced amygdala volume

• Both

The sample of Marsh et al (2014) were

• 19 altruistic kidney donors

• 18 psychopaths

• 17 altruistic kidney donors

• 19 donors and 20 controls

How many stages were there at Marsh et al (2014)

• 3

• 2

• 4

An emotion recognition task in an fMRI (Marsh 2014) was

• The first stage

• The second stage

• The third stage

MRI scan to determine the structure of the brains of the participants

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

Limitations of Marsh et al (2014)

• Reductionst

• Vague

• Holism

• Determinism

"The degree of altruism that one demonstrates depends on the number of genes that is shared by individuals"

• Kin selection theory

• Inclusive fitness

• Genetic argument