PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Upstate New York, Egotism, Friends House
13 Sep 2018
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Participants came into lab, learner shock task, think they come in with another subject, really a confederate, rigged drawing where true subject assigned to observer, confederate is learner. Learner has to solve word problems, shocked if wrong or take too. Subject sitting in front of computer networked with confederate, can ask for help, subject must decide whether to give hint and how many (1-5) notes while observing. Subject told more about ehperiment when separated, told to take must be feeling. High empathy condition: must take notes about how confederate. Low empathy condition: must take notes on procedure solve puzzle and avoid shock. Some subjects simply told hints will help to make it easier to. Low empathy people don"t care whether hints will help or eventually hurt, no difference in number of hints. High empathy people give hints when no negative effect, significant lomoar cpsd| 2151316 decrease in hints when know it will harm later (helping means not helping: ehp.
