PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Pluralistic Ignorance, Glossary Of Riemannian And Metric Geometry

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

There is a strong assumption in psychology of universal egoism: this is the majority view in economics, political science, and philosophy. Didn"t want to worry and go into a police station. Alternative analysis: the probable of the 38 witness. Darley & latane (1968) came up with an ingenious answer. They suggested that after noticing the problem, people have take a sequential decisions before helping. A state of pluralistic ignorance means that there is a false consensus- if nobody does anything then there is probably not an emergency. When people are by themselves, they are more likely to help than being in presence of others. Diffusion of responsibility when there is more than 1 person. Don"t want to be the only one getting excited and calling the police. Yes it"s an emergency, yes it is my responsibility but can i help someone is drowning and you are not a strong swimmer and you are the only one around.