SOCPSY 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Wcbs-Tv, Norm (Social)
8 Sep 2017
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Helping others or engage in behaviours that help others without expecting a reward (altruistic motive) What benefits can prosocial behaviour have for: individuals receiving the help, social level/social consequences. Help sometimes - if necessary to alleviate own distress. Help always - in order to reduce sufferer"s distress. Situational factors influencing helping behaviours (1) modeling: involves seeing someone help, knowing what type of assistance is appropriate and being able to assess personal risks and benefits to helping others (delamater et al. , 2015: 357) Random act of kindness from waitress will melt your heart. Here is a little more information about the case that spawned the term and important laws and emergency rule changes. An introduction to social psychology c01: cbs new york. (2014). 50 years later from wcbs 880. retrieved from https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=unkjsauq1ge. If we didn"t call, we"d live with the fact that we witnessed it but didn"t call: (4) view themselves as capable and competent to help.
