Psychology 2720A/B Lecture : Lecture 10- Prosocial Behaviour

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B

Document Summary

Lowest income earners give more to charity 4. 3%of their salary versus 2. 1% by highest earners. Genovese and constrained how we think about helping behaviour (groups are bad) Decision model of bystander intervention: as number of bystanders increases, less likely to interpret as emergency, some processes that must be occurring that are interfering in first 3 steps, distracted and diverted by presence of bystanders. Barriers and gateways to bystander intervention: when people are under time pressure less likely to help, alcohol increase helping behaviour. If person is a friend, more likely to help. If group we are with is ingroup, then more likely to help: motivated social cognition motivated by self enhancement, more likely to help. If you believe in just world, then may or may not help depending on if you think person deserves it. Country rank: people in brazil were most helpful - countries where people earn more help less.