Question

Every morning at the bus stop, carlos encounters an old woman begging for change. she is clearly hungry and alone. because carlos feels very bad for this woman and can "feel her pain," he makes a point of giving her some change each morning that he sees her. which theoretical approach best explains carlos's behavior

Answer 1

Base on the behavior of Carlos, the best approach that will explain the behavior that he has shown would empathy altruism hypothesis. This is where a person has the ability of feeling empathy in other people and tries to put themselves in their situation, where in they try to be more understanding and tries to share the same emotion that the person would feel because of the situation that he or she is in. It is also with this, it makes a person help the other party without expecting anything from return and helping them because he or she wants to and not because he or she is expecting anything or is only obliged to do it. It is seen from Carlos actions as he helps the woman who has been begging for alms and tries to put himself into her shoes where he felt pain into seeing her go through in that situation.