PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Walkie-Talkie, Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Empathic Concern
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Unselfish behaviors that benefits others without regard to consequences of the self. How likely it is for people to intervene during. People are less likely to help when others are around (found by researchers who studied this term) Affect of an audience = bad! Because of this the likelihood of helping others is reduced. Knowing that another person has seen the emergency, helping others is reduced because the person will assume others will help. Thus each person feels less responsible to help. All the terms below like the motives that are selfless. Like helping a friend do her laundry while she studies for her psyb10 final. College students = sat in different cubicles discussing problems with living in urban enviro. Commnicated through a walkie- talkie type intercom where only one person could talk at a time. A confederate told the history of his life in urban and talked about his seizure issues.
