{"id":617,"date":"2023-03-03T19:13:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontopsychology\/chapter\/10-4-apply-it\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T17:02:04","slug":"10-4-apply-it","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontopsychology\/chapter\/10-4-apply-it\/","title":{"raw":"Relationships: Apply It","rendered":"Relationships: Apply It"},"content":{"raw":"<div>\r\n<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Explain the factors that influence human altruism<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Describe attraction and the triangular theory of love<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Explain social exchange theory<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Discuss research on the link between love and the experience of pain or pleasure<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2><strong>A Helping Hand: Altruism in Context<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>As we reviewed in this chapter, whether humans can ever truly act purely out of altruism, without any self-interest, has long been debated by psychologists and philosophers alike.<\/p>\r\n<p>In the movie and book The Hunger Games, a post-apocalyptic society in which youth are drawn on a lottery system to be chosen to compete to the death in an annual \"game\". Against all odds, Katniss' younger sister is drawn. In the scene below, we watch as Katniss steps forward to volunteer in her place.[footnote]Poepsel, D. L. &amp; Schroeder, D. A. (2023). Helping and prosocial behavior. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from http:\/\/noba.to\/tbuw7afg[\/footnote]<\/p>\r\n<section class=\"textbox watchIt\">Watch this clip and then respond to the questions below.<br \/>\r\n<iframe src=\"\/\/plugin.3playmedia.com\/show?mf=10625434&amp;p3sdk_version=1.10.1&amp;p=20361&amp;pt=375&amp;video_id=e3PJ3Du_zDc&amp;video_target=tpm-plugin-0esezbzt-e3PJ3Du_zDc\" width=\"800px\" height=\"450px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0px\" marginheight=\"0px\"><\/iframe><br \/>\r\nYou can view the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Intro+Psych\/The+Hunger+Games+Katniss+and+Peeta+Reaping+Scene+HD.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript for \u201cThe Hunger Games: Katniss and Peeta Reaping Scene [HD]\u201d here (opens in new window).<\/a><\/section>\r\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\">[ohm2_question height=\"800\"]11126[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>\r\n<section class=\"textbox linkToLearning\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6k0UrvNX-9k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch this video to see a deeper exploration of and another perspective on Katniss' altruism<\/a> in <em>The Hunger Games.<\/em><\/section>","rendered":"<div>\n<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\n<ul>\n<li>Explain the factors that influence human altruism<\/li>\n<li>Describe attraction and the triangular theory of love<\/li>\n<li>Explain social exchange theory<\/li>\n<li>Discuss research on the link between love and the experience of pain or pleasure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>A Helping Hand: Altruism in Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As we reviewed in this chapter, whether humans can ever truly act purely out of altruism, without any self-interest, has long been debated by psychologists and philosophers alike.<\/p>\n<p>In the movie and book The Hunger Games, a post-apocalyptic society in which youth are drawn on a lottery system to be chosen to compete to the death in an annual &#8220;game&#8221;. Against all odds, Katniss&#8217; younger sister is drawn. In the scene below, we watch as Katniss steps forward to volunteer in her place.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Poepsel, D. L. &amp; Schroeder, D. A. (2023). Helping and prosocial behavior. In R. Biswas-Diener &amp; E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. Retrieved from http:\/\/noba.to\/tbuw7afg\" id=\"return-footnote-617-1\" href=\"#footnote-617-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"textbox watchIt\">Watch this clip and then respond to the questions below.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/plugin.3playmedia.com\/show?mf=10625434&amp;p3sdk_version=1.10.1&amp;p=20361&amp;pt=375&amp;video_id=e3PJ3Du_zDc&amp;video_target=tpm-plugin-0esezbzt-e3PJ3Du_zDc\" width=\"800px\" height=\"450px\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0px\" marginheight=\"0px\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nYou can view the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Intro+Psych\/The+Hunger+Games+Katniss+and+Peeta+Reaping+Scene+HD.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript for \u201cThe Hunger Games: Katniss and Peeta Reaping Scene [HD]\u201d here (opens in new window).<\/a><\/section>\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ohm11126\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/ohm.one.lumenlearning.com\/multiembedq.php?id=11126&theme=lumen&iframe_resize_id=ohm11126&source=tnh&show_question_numbers\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\"><\/iframe><\/section>\n<section class=\"textbox linkToLearning\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6k0UrvNX-9k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch this video to see a deeper exploration of and another perspective on Katniss&#8217; altruism<\/a> in <em>The Hunger Games.<\/em><\/section>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-617-1\">Poepsel, D. 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