PSY-0013 Lecture Notes - Hawaiian Vacation
19 Feb 2014
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Ex. reminders of the importance of helping. Dv whether or not people would stop to help a person suffering on the side of the road. Whether or not participants were assigned to study the good samaritan parable or not was irrelevant. Whether or not participants were under time pressure/late to their speech was relevant. Schindler gave up all his wealth to employ jews during wwii. Empathy understanding or vicariously experiencing another individual"s perspective. 22 out of 24 18-month-olds helped an experimenter by picking up a dropped marker (warneken. Only people who donated became participants in the study. Iv: type of label ( you are a generous person versus no label/health leaflet) Dv: amount of money ps donated again a couple of weeks later to another charitable donation request. Positive feelings increase helping (sunny weather, eating cookies, imagining a hawaiian vacation, etc. ) Planted completed grad school applications including photo at airport, included addressed and stamped envelopes.
