PSY E240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Blood Transfusion, Ingroups And Outgroups, Psych
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Attributions of responsibility most students have had the experience of being asked to lend their class notes to a classmate. Richard barnes: in this research, students received a call from a confederate posing as another student, who asked to borrow their class notes to prepare for an upcoming exam. Participants read scenarios about someone who had just been diagnosed with aids. Michelle lobchuk found that caregivers of people with lung cancer had more negative emotions and gave less supportive help if they believed the patient was largely responsible for their disease. Some potential helpers are particularly responsive to some kinds of potential recipients. We are more likely to help others who are similar to us. All kinds of similarity from dress to attitudes to nationality increase our willingness to help, and signs of dissimilarity decrease it. There are probably several reasons underlying this effect.
