PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Normative Social Influence, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Carnegie Hero Fund
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Different people help in different situations: study of elementary and high school students: some were more likely to give away money than go to a hospital and read to people (average correlation was . 23) Relationship to social approval: college students created a personality survey on need for social approval then offered the chance to donate to a charity and they were only more likely to donate if they were seen donating. Study of rescuers of jews during the holocaust: high tolerance for people who are different, greater ethical values, greater empathy. Compared people who helped in a real-life emergency and those who didn"t. Matched on gender, age, and social class. {4%} but 84% of the dime finders helped: explanations: cognitive attributions: benefit of the doubt, helping prolongs our good mood, good moods increase self-attention (more self-conscious) Sometimes if you"re in a good mood you don"t perceive things to be an emergency but in general it increases chances you"ll help.
