PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Groupie, Crowdsourcing, Individual Psychological Assessment
7 Apr 2014
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When do we help others in need: why (basic) do we help others, social exchange always in it for ourselves, vs. empathy altruism, when (bystander, whom do we help (indifference, pro-social, altruism. : truly do something to help another person while getting no personal benefits. Social exchange theory motives for helping people i. e. feel less distressed (emotional) or getting paid: very focused on cost/benefit. I"ll scratch your back, you scratch mine : are the rewards better than the costs=help, vise versa=don"t help, what"s good for me. *study: students told that carol was in a bad car accident, half were told to take her perspective (high empathy, half were told me to be objective (low empathy) If never see her again, cost of not helping=low she won"t know. High cost of not helping, we helpwhen low cost of not helping, we don"t help. Even when cost of not helping is low, high empathy (still feel her pain/perspective) will still help.
