Thursday, May 27, 2010

altruisn in infants

Infants are seen at an early age to have helping qualities. In this video it shows an infant, at 18 months of age, when they see a clothes pin drop the infant helps the stranger by picking it up and giving it to them. This maybe proof that altruism is a natural quality, brought on by evolution. Since these helping behaviors are seen at such a young age, when the infant has little life experience, altruism could be quality that is in all of us once we are born.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfGAen6QiUE

-Paria Torabi A08581979

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