1. What is Altruism? 🤲❤️
- Helping others, often at cost to self, without expecting reward 🎁❌
- Daniel Batson: Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis 💗➡️🤲
- Key idea: Empathic concern → genuine altruism
2. Types of Altruism 🔀
- Pure: No expected benefit (anonymous donation) 💰❓
- Reciprocal: Expect future return 🔄
- Kin: Helping genetic relatives 👨👩👧
- Pathological: Helping that causes harm ⚠️
3. Benefits of Helping 🌟
- Helper's High: Positive feelings from helping 😊⬆️
- Volunteering 2+ hrs/week → lower depression 📉😔
- Spending on OTHERS > spending on self for happiness 💰➡️👥😊