PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Social Exchange Theory, Overjustification Effect, Social Capital
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Why do we help: the motives for helping people. Internal rewards the helper"s emotional state or personal trait ex. hearing someones distress raises distress in you university men show greatest physiological distress to help a person. Social norms: we prescribe to proper bahaviour, the oughts of our lives, ex. I ought to return this wallet researchers have identified 2 motivations of altruism. 2. the reciprocity norms the social responsibility norm. Comparing and evaluation theories of altruism there are 2 types of prosocial behaviour: a tut for tat reciprocal exchange and a more unconditional helpfulness these do so at three complementary levels of explanation. Noticing: we are less likely to notice a single victim in an area with lots of bystanders than we would if they were lone in an area (find latane and darley"s decision tree) 750 000 people were killed in rwanda and we all stood by.
