PSYC 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Urinary Tract Infection, Pluralistic Ignorance
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We help others for: benefits (praise or gratitude), personal distress (helping someone because it was an awkward situation, empathy. Empathy is one of the greatest factor in helping. Elders who reported volunteering more tended to have longer lives altruism tends to be a family value or a cultural value. Time influences how likely we are to help- the more time we have the more likely. Presence of others: if there are a lot of others around they assume that someone else will help (bystander effect) The more people, the less likely you are to help. Diffusion of responsibility: assume someone else will help. Anonymity: no one is watching or will see you not help. Cost and benefit: weighing the costs and benefits of helping. Social blunders: don t want to look like an idiot. Social blunders are the biggest factor in not helping. More likely to help if it is very clear that the person needs help.
