Psychology 3720F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sad Movie, Dime (United States Coin), Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3720F/G
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Lecture 3: personal influences on helping 2: the role of emotional factors. Part 1: positive moods: isen and levin (1972) (one of the first studies on this area) cookies and kindness , male participants studying in the lib, offered some free cookies (group 2). No free cookie = 50% volunteer: being cheered up by treat increased willingness to help. Is the good mood effect limited to the male students studying in lib: few findings are more consistent: happy people are helpful people, e. g. Like playing the role of a pest: doesn"t necessarily predict that people will find people to help, helping is not the only way to maintain the good mood. Engaging in other pleasant activities can also maintain our good moods, not just helping: get a group and put them in a good mood. Give them 2 tasks: a helping task and other none helping but pleasant task.