Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Normative Social Influence, Psych

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Irene Cheung

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Social exchange theory: weigh the costs and bene ts of helping. High empathy- was told to put themselves in the position. Cost of helping: high- carol is in your class, you will be seeing her in class, and watch her struggle. Low empathy- was told to judge the situation. Issues with actual social support: feel as though you must repay them, people do not like to ask for help; feel week or incompetent, sometimes help isn"t very helpful. Emergency helping: not as effective as you might think, 78-year-old man hit by car, kitty genovese, bystander effect: likelihood that an individual will intervene goes down as the number of bystanders increases. Interpreting the event as an emergency (latan & darley, 1968: as participants were completing a questionnaire, smoke entered the room, participants, alone, 2 other participants, 2 passive confederates. Emergency helping: accepting personal responsibility (darley & latan ,