PSY220H5 Lecture Notes - System On A Chip, Amygdala, Response Bias
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More people witnessing, less people likely to help - diffusion of responsibility - someone else will help so i don"t have to. Would expect competitive to get as much as possible, while cooperative would make sure. Imaginary money was used, some replications used real everyone gets money. However, ross and samuels told half they were playing wall street while other half told community - title affected participation. Community were more cooperative whether originally cooperative or competitive. Wall street norms = selfish, cut throat, get ahead. Showed same data regardless of your personality - depended on social setting. Our interpretation influences our behaviour - importance of cognition & construal. If your server takes time to come to you then acts rude, you may not come back again and you interpret their behaviour as bad service, individual"s rude, or individual had a bad day. If you attribute behaviour to situation, you forgive and don"t apply to their personality or service.
