PPT-Selfish genes and Altruism

Kathryn Coe PhD Professor Richard M Fairbanks School of Public Health Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Organization of presentation What is altruism Modern Darwinian Theory Theories proposed to account for altruism. brPage 1br Altruism in Experiments Prepared for the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2007 brPage 2br Laboratory experiments with evidence of altruism brPage 3br brPage 4br Empathy Altruism vs. Felt Oneness. Week 4. Negative-State . Relief Hypotheses. Inconsistent support. Expected . mood enhancement . did . not decrease helping for individuals in a high-empathy . situation (Batson et al., 1989). Ryuya. & Samata. Altruism. behavior . by an animal that is not beneficial . or . may be harmful to itself but that benefits others of its . species. e. xamples: birds, bats, bees. Evolution. the . Altruism. al-. troo. -. iz. -uh m . Example Sentence. Known for their . altruism. , the children raised money for a local charity.. Definition. Part of Speech: noun. Caring about other people and their needs without regard for your own.. Melbourne . Cure Research and the Community. David Evans, Project Inform. What’s been done so far. Fred Verdault’s study. Gay and bisexual men in the Netherlands. Definition of the cure very important:. Genetic and Evolutionary Foundations of Behavior. Why Genetics?. Behavior is hereditary!. Our environment has shaped our behavior across generations . . EVOLUTION. We can learn much about our behavior by studying our animal relatives. Philippians 2:4. Philippians 2:4. Let . each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.. Signs of Selfishness. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.. r. u. i. s. m. . By . Purple Power. !!!. Altruism? . What is Altruism?. Where is Altruism?. Why do we use Altruism?. What do people think of Altruism? . What is Altruism?. Altruism is when someone does something nice to someone else without getting anything in return. Its helping others, its practically another word for kindness. . Activities. 1. Unit. m. ete.elt@gmail.com. Activity 1. : . Find. . the. . suspects. . and. . write. . the. . names. . under. . the. . texts. .. Sherlock Holmes and James Watson are great detectives and they can catch thieves easily, but they are very busy nowadays. Let’s help them to find four suspects.. Mutualism. Team of male lions, 2-3 members. Hunt together. Share access to females pretty equally. Going alone would not be as successful (cost-benefit). Lazuli buntings. Dominant, bright colored males tolerate dull subordinate males in neighboring territories. Wason. Selection Task. P. RESENTED. . B. Y. :. Ngoc Tran & Laura Crandall. Outline. Cognitive Modules. Background. Wason. Selection Task. Purpose. Puzzles . vs. Social Contract problems. Fiddick. with an . Eclipse . Attack. With . Srijan. Kumar, Andrew Miller and Elaine Shi. 1. Kartik . Nayak. 2. Alice. Bob. Charlie. Emily. Blockchain. Bitcoin Mining. Dave. Fairness: If Alice has 1/4. th. computation power, she gets 1/4. Why would anyone be . altruistic. ?. Contrast two theories explaining altruism in humans. Why would anyone be . altruistic. ?. Kin Selection Theory. Hamilton 1963. We are more likely to sacrifice ourselves for relatives than non-relatives.. patterns in the data. The theory that best matches the data is a short-lived reciprocity story in which donors reward the charity with respect to the initial gift, but the reciprocity is gone in futu