PSYC 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fundamental Attribution Error, Prosocial Behavior, In-Group Favoritism
24 Feb 2017
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People make several decisions before helping someone in an emergency. Situational inference at several steps and cause people not to want to help which can lead to decrease helping or no helping at all: notice the event. Pluralistic ignorance- falsely assume only one thinking diff: assume responsibility for event. Diffusion of responsibility: sense of responsibility to help drops as number of bystanders increases: know what to do, decide to help. Why didn"t anyone do anything: make fundamental attribution error (what"s wrong with people, bim points us back to the situation can interfere with helping. People may fall off the ladder before reaching the top. Pro-social behavior is a skill that we can try to improve. Goal of pro-social behavior is to help people, the best action is the one that helps the most people. Happy mood promotes helping to maintain good mood (helping others feels good) If sad for someone else (empathy) you are more likely to help.
