POLS 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prosocial Behavior, Fundamental Attribution Error
11 Dec 2017
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Obedience: changing ones behavior at the command of an authority gure, how far would you go for someone who has authority over you, wwii and jewish holocaust - nazi soldiers were just following orders. Social roles: patterns of behavior expected of an individual in a particular social position. Ex: student, teacher, doctor: power of social roles. Prosocial behavior: specially desirable behavior that bene ts others. Can be for sel sh motives: alturism. Prosocial behavior done with no expectation of reward even when helping may involve risk or harm to oneself: bystander effect. The likelihood of a bystander to help someone in trouble decreases a s the number of bystanders increases: diffusion of responsibility. When an individual fails to take responsibility for taking action because the other bystanders are seen to share responsibility. Factors in uencing the decision to help: ambiguity. More ambiguous, less likely to help: mood. Good mood, less likely to help: gender of victim.
