PSYC 2040 Chapter : Helping
Document Summary
Methods: taped interview; student with two broken legs. Two categories: environmental factors, rural vs. urban, people in rural environments show more helping behaviors, weather, bystander effect, as the number of bystanders increases, the probability of helping decreases, e. g. Kitty genovese: darley & latane, 1968, methods: intercom communication, confederate had a seizure. Iv: number of other participants that believed the listening: dv: helping behavior, time to help, results: as the number of participants increased, helping decreased and reaction time increased (took longer to initiate helping, bystander effect explanation: behavior) Interpretation of the event- people interpret events as innocuous when bystanders are present: pluralistic ignorance- look for others reaction (informational influence), interpret blank expressions as indicating no danger, diffusion of responsibility- personal responsibility= total. How to increase helping behaviors in others: reduce ambiguity, increase responsibility. Increase guilt and concern for self-image: socialize altruism, reduce ambiguity, personalizing bystanders, personal request, eye contact, stating one"s name.
