PSY 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Reciprocal Altruism, Pluralistic Ignorance, Egotism
28 Apr 2016
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Where in nature do we tend to see helping. Reciprocal altruism: baboons protect each other during sex in order to receive the same favor in return later. Sociocultural influences on helping: norm of reciprocity: expectation that helping others increases the likelihood they will help us in the future. Arguably an outgrowth of reciprocal altruism: cultural differences in helping behavior. When we feel empathy for a person, we attempt to help that person purely for altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain. Knife attack, in need of assistance, no one came to help. Latane & darley"s model of bystander intervention: 1. Audience inhibition effect: latane & darley (1970) white smoke study. Participants were alone, in groups of 3 (with 3 actual participants), in groups of 2 (with two confederates) White smoke began to puff out of a vent while participants filled out questionnaires. Participants in a study on discussions: and placed in separate cubicles.
