PSY 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Eye Contact, Helping Behavior, Egotism

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2. 4 helping: bystanders, noticing event, more likely to notice if alone. Individual differences: network of traits, positive emotionality, empathy, self-efficacy, particular situations, gender. Self-serving motive underlies helping behavior: exchange theories, guilt. Study where participants lied spent more time grading papers than the others who did not lie: only works if attention is on others, not yourself (ex: depression) Feel good, do good: norm theories, reciprocity norm, expectation that you will not harm those who hurt you. Supportive connections, info flow, trust: those (cid:449)ho (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t re(cid:272)ipro(cid:272)ate i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es self-esteem negatively. Study of composite i(cid:373)ages (cid:373)ade perso(cid:374) help (cid:862)perso(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:449)ho had part of their face in their profile pic: reciprocity, predicted by genetic self-interest, work best in small isolated groups, group selection. If people put into groups and have competition with other group, more likely to help people within group than if no competition: altruism, genuine altruism, willingness to help caused by selflessness and self-serving.

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