PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Sport Utility Vehicle, Pluralistic Ignorance, Design Of Experiments

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

There is a strong assumption in psychology of universal egoism: this is the majority view in economics, political science, and philosophy. Didn"t study altruism till the 60s there was no altruism: people engage in prosocial behaviour to benefit themselves. Had a hunting knife, stabbed her in the back, she screamed: screamed that she"d be stabbed. Someone opened their window and shouted down leave her alone . The killer left, and she walked to a back lot, collapses at the bottom of the stairs. Killer waited 10 minutes, drove to kitty and found her again. She screams again and again, wakes the people in the building. Attack lasted 30 minutes, went home washed his knife and went to sleep. Too late neighbour cradles her and she bleeds to death in the ambulance. Found him later after he had robbed a apartment, he confessed that he killed the woman. Murdered not out of anger or anything.