Psychology 3720F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Telephone Booth, Sad Movie, Dime (United States Coin)
27 Apr 2015
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Personal influences on helping 2: the role of emotional factors. Results: free cookies=70% volunteer, no free cookies=50% volunteered. Being cheered up by this unexpected treat increases likelihood of helping. Became known as good mood effect: in all of psychology, few findings are more consistent: happy people are helpful people. Eg: isen and levin part 2: what if people were asked to play the role of a pest (rather than helper) Therefore people in a good mood were not only willing to help other people but were also less willing to pester other people. Other study: people had just watched a movie and afterwards were asked if they would like to donate to charity: more likely to donate after watching a happy movie than sad movie. The list goes on and one showing that good mood causes more helping. Can give free cookies, watch happy movies, reading pleasant statements, imagine a.
