PSY 3065 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ingroups And Outgroups, Pluralistic Ignorance, Prosocial Behavior

• School: Baruch College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3065
• Professor: staff

Document Summary

Prosocial behavior any act performed w/ the goal of benefiting another behavior: altruism the desire to help another preson even if it involves a cost to the helper. Altruistic personality qualities that cause individual to help others in various situations: men likely to perform chivalrous & heroic acts. Empathy putti(cid:374)g (cid:455)ourself i(cid:374) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e else"s shoes & e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es e(cid:448)e(cid:374)ts (cid:449)/ e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s the (cid:449)a(cid:455) the(cid:455) e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e the(cid:373) Empathy-altruism hypothesis (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:449)e feel e(cid:373)path(cid:455), (cid:449)e"ll atte(cid:373)pt to help that perso(cid:374) for altruisti(cid:272) reasons. In-group group that individual identifies as a member (will help anyone as they identify as a member in this group) Out-group group which individual does not identify (less likel to help anyone that are perceived to b in out groups) Urban overload hypothesis people living in cities are constantly being bombared with stimulation and they keep io themselves to aviod being overwhemled.