PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Kuala Lumpur, Michael Cunningham, Psych
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Around the world as well, some cities seem to have more helpful citizens than others. One was a measure of economic well-being cities from countries with the greatest levels of economic well-being tended to exhibit the least helping, although this relationship was not very strong. The other variable that predicted helping concerned the notion of what is called simpati a. Some researchers report that this is an important element of spanish and. Latin american cultures and involves a concern with the social well-being of others. The five simpati a cultures in levine study did tend to show higher rates of helping than the non-simpati a cultures. You may find it surprising that collectivism was not a predictor of helping, but the research on the relationship between individualism-collectivism and prosocial behaviour is quite mixed at this time. Relative to individualists, collectivists may be more likely to help ingroup members, but they are less likely to help outgroup members.
