PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Egotism
7 Apr 2016
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The murder of kitty genovese: march 13, 164, queens, ny, killer stabbed, left, returned to rape and stab again, many potential witnesses, no one called the police, kitty died en route to hospital. Actions that are carried out to benefit others, helping. Altruistic helping- help motivated by desire to increase another"s welfare. Egoistic helping- help motivated by desire to increase ones own welfare: batson"s empathy- altruism hypothesis. Putting yourself in someone else"s shoe"s to see what they would. Situational influences on helping experience: the unhelpful crowd- darley & latane (1968) The more people present the less likely people are to help. When only one person there they help around 90% of the time: the ambiguous situation. Male college students, study of urban life. Alone in room filling out a questionnaire. Takes 6 minutes for 75% of the people to report the smoke. Pluralistic ignorance: when people mistakenly believe their thoughts and feelings are different from others.
