What Are The Biological/Evolutionary Theories Of Prosocial Behavior
Biological/evolutionary theories of prosocial behavior
• One possible explanation for the prosocial actions of animals is the notion of kin selection. This notion states that through “self-sacrificing or cooperative actions, the prosocial animal increases the probability that its relatives, who shares it genes, will survive and reproduce” (Eisenberg, Fabes, & Spinrad, 2006, p. 651). There has been research studies that supported the claim that animals are genetically programmed to identify own with their own kin. As a result, more altruism would be expected to be directed toward more closely related kin or member of the same species than toward distant kin or those who are unrelated.
• Other researchers like Trivers has countered the above
• One possible explanation for the prosocial actions of animals is the notion of kin selection. This notion states that through “self-sacrificing or cooperative actions, the prosocial animal increases the probability that its relatives, who shares it genes, will survive and reproduce” (Eisenberg, Fabes, & Spinrad, 2006, p. 651). There has been research studies that supported the claim that animals are genetically programmed to identify own with their own kin. As a result, more altruism would be expected to be directed toward more closely related kin or member of the same species than toward distant kin or those who are unrelated.
• Other researchers like Trivers has countered the above