Causes and determinants of Prosocial Behavior

This topic will help you in understanding the concept of Causes and determinants of Prosocial Behavior

Altruism: The desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper.
Altruistic Personality: The qualities that cause an individual to help others in a wide variety of situations.
Bystander Effect: The fact that effective responses to an emergency are less likely to occur (and more likely to be delayed) as the number of bystanders increase.
Negative-state Relief Hypothesis: This states that people help in order to alleviate their own sadness and distress; it exemplifies a social exchange approach.
Pro-social Behavior: Any act performed with goal of benefiting another person is called pro-social behavior.