PSYCH 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ingroups And Outgroups, Social Exchange Theory, Psych
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Rewarding prosocial acts with praise, smiles, and hugs. Heavy rewards may lower intrinsic interest of engaging in prosocial behaviour (i. e. the overjusti cation effect) Behaving prosaically themselves to model those behaviours for others. Teaching people about the bystander effect and different determinants of prosocial behaviour: Makes them more aware of why they sometimes don"t help. Leads them to help more in the future. Because people are often unsure of whether they need to help in a given situation, being speci c and direct can induce helping behaviour. Remove uncertainty regarding the situation, what assistance is needed, and who should provide it. Since we are more likely to help members of our in-group, creating or drawing attention to a shared identity can increase helping behaviour. May be particularly good when strangers or enemies are involved. You can foster empathy or guilt through perspective taking and reason. Reason can also highlight rewards and lower perceived costs (i. e. social exchange theory)
