Student number: 60878223 Module: PYC4803 Unique assignment number: 874203
PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and pretending that it
is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the convention for citation
and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in, this assignment from
the work, or works of other people has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of
passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is wrong, and declare
that this assignment is my own work.
NAME: __________KIM SHAW ____________
STUDENT NUMBER: 60878223
SIGNATURE:
Date: 16/06/2018
Assignment: 2
Assignment unique number : 874203
Module: PYC4803 - Social Psychology
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, Student number: 60878223 Module: PYC4803 Unique assignment number: 874203
Table of contents:
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………… pg 3
2. Prosocial behaviour……………………………………………………………….. pg4
3. Empathy - Altruism hypothesis ……………………………………………… pg 5
4. Negative -state relief model …………………………………………………..pg 6
5. Empathetic Joy model ……………………………………………………………pg 7
6. Competitive Altruism …………………………………………………………….pg 8
7. Kin selection theory………………………………………………………………..pg 9
8. Defensive helping theory ……………………………………………………… pg 9
9. Gratitude……………………………………………………………………………….pg 10
10. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………pg 10
11. References …………………………………………………………………………….pg 12
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PLAGIARISM DECLARATION
1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and pretending that it
is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the convention for citation
and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in, this assignment from
the work, or works of other people has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of
passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is wrong, and declare
that this assignment is my own work.
NAME: __________KIM SHAW ____________
STUDENT NUMBER: 60878223
SIGNATURE:
Date: 16/06/2018
Assignment: 2
Assignment unique number : 874203
Module: PYC4803 - Social Psychology
1
, Student number: 60878223 Module: PYC4803 Unique assignment number: 874203
Table of contents:
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………… pg 3
2. Prosocial behaviour……………………………………………………………….. pg4
3. Empathy - Altruism hypothesis ……………………………………………… pg 5
4. Negative -state relief model …………………………………………………..pg 6
5. Empathetic Joy model ……………………………………………………………pg 7
6. Competitive Altruism …………………………………………………………….pg 8
7. Kin selection theory………………………………………………………………..pg 9
8. Defensive helping theory ……………………………………………………… pg 9
9. Gratitude……………………………………………………………………………….pg 10
10. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………pg 10
11. References …………………………………………………………………………….pg 12
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