PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Pluralistic Ignorance, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Mudita
17 Nov 2016
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Why do we act to benefit others: egoistic motivation we help others because we hope someday they will help us. We care about the welfare of others (altruistic motivation) We care about ourselves (egoistic motivation: evolutionary perspective. There is a strong assumption in psychology of universal egoism: this is the majority view in economics, political science, and philosophy (mansbridge, 1990). Silent witnesses: the kitty genovese murder (1964) Wat(cid:272)hed a (cid:373)urder the(cid:455) (cid:272)ould ha(cid:448)e helped (cid:271)ut the(cid:455) (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t. Alternative analysis: the probable of the 38 witnesses (manning, levine, & collins, 2007) Most (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) e(cid:454)(cid:272)use (cid:449)hat that the(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to get i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed, did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to go to police station and fill out forms, it was too much of a hassle. Darley & latane (1968) came up with an ingenious answer. They suggested that after noticing the problem, people have to take sequential decisions before helping. Need to notice the problem, and notice help is needed.
