PSYCH 13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Pluralistic Ignorance, Kin Selection
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Evolutionary factors in helping: what is important is survival of the individual"s genes, not survival of the fittest individual. Kin selection is the tendency to help genetic relatives. Helping someone else can be in your best interests, increases the likelihood that you will be helped in return. Helping others to help oneself: more likely to help when the potential rewards of helping seem high relative to the potential costs. In emergency situations, people act in the most cost-effective way to reduce the arousal shock and alarm. More likely to help: if self-esteem has been threatened by failure, feeling guilty about something. Negative state relief model: proposes that people help to counter their negative feelings (eg; sadness) People may help because they are motivated to behave in ways that are consistent with their moral principles (eg; the right thing to do ). Self concept (i am helpful), social norms for helping, social roles (rescue workers).
