PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Jaywalking, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Binge Drinking
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When you see a person doing x and you wonder why, look first at their circumstances, before drawing any conclusions about what kind of person he is (fundamental attribution error) Good samaritan study - late vs. on time. If they"re on time, they help, if they"re late, they don"t do anything under time pressure. Attacked in the middle of the night in the parking lot, she screams, people look out the windows, criminal leaves, she tries to get away, attacker comes back and kills her. Nobody did anything until it was too late, there were 38 people who knew that something bad was happening, but no one called the police. Maybe it was because there were 38 people watching that no one did anything - there are other people watching, someone must have already did something, i don"t want to get involved.
