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14.2 Interacting With Others: Helping, Hurting, and Conforming
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Summarize the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to human altruism.
- Provide an overview of the causes of human aggression.
- Explain the situations under which people conform to others and their motivations for doing so.
Humans have developed a variety of social skills that enhance our ability to successfully interact
with others. We are often helpful, even when that helping comes at some cost to ourselves, and