Reasons for Prosocial Behaviour The heroic story of Arland Williams, as described in Hero of the frozen river, is touching and extremely eye opening. This man gave away two chances at survival to save two complete strangers. Safran (1982), the author of this article, describes one of the most significant moments of the rescue: "They aimed one line at the balding man. Once more, he caught it. Did he think then, even briefly, of his own chances for survival?". Different people would probably have taken the rope for themselves, however, various factors could help to explain why Arland Williams was so selfless. One of the theories that has been brought forth is the inborn tendency which argues that "natural selection favours the genetic transmission of factors that predispose an organism to act prosocially towards other members of its species" (Alcock 1998). It....

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