Question

Egoistic helping is motivated by __________ and the end goal is to __________. a. empathy, reduce others' distress. b. guilt, reduce others' distress. c. pity, reduce others' distress. d. personal distress, reduce one's own distress.

Answer 1

d. personal distress, reduce one's own distress.

Step-by-step explanation:

In psychology, the term egoistic helping refers to a type of behavior where the helper wants to increase his/her positive feelings about one's self or to receive some kind of benefit. It is also motivated because the person feels a personal distress so he/she helps in order to reduce this distress.

Therefore, egoistic helping is motivated by personal distress and the end goal is to reduce one's own distress.

Answer 2

Answer:d. personal distress, reduce one's own distress.

Explanation:Egoistic refers to a belief that we all tend to put our own needsahead of those of everyone else.​ According to this term , whatever we do is driven by self interest , we do something because if we don't do it we fear we may suffer work form of distress for example if you help an elderly person mostly it is because you will feel guilty of you didn't and to reduce that form of distress you end up helping the elderly person .

Egoistic must not be confused with egotistic , egotistic refers to have a very high opinion of yourself which is usually delusional and not based on reality.