PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pluralistic Ignorance, Positive Psychology, Psy

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 005
• Professor: Diaz

Document Summary

Good moods make us see the good in people, interpret events in aa sympathetic way. Increases self-attention leads us to be more likely to behave per our values and beliefs. Bad moods don"t decrease possibility of helping: more likely to help if we are feeling guilty. Negative-state relief hypothesis: people help to ease their own sadness and distress. Altruistic personality: dispositional aspects about aa person that make him or her more likely to help others in a wide variety of situations. Females: more likely to give long-term care givers. Males: more likely to help in crises especially when there is: an audience. Potential danger, aa woman in need of help. Individualistic societies: place emphasis on characteristics of independence and assertiveness of the individual. Collectivistic societies: emphasize the needs and goals of the group as a whole over the needs of each individual. Personal factors: gender: men and women express helping behaviour in different ways.