Psychology 3720F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Prosocial Behavior, Social Comparison Theory
23 Aug 2019
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The question: basic tendencies humans may be, not automatically expressed/ exhibited in the same way in all sits= how sit can influence helping and examining when people will help and when they will not. A decision model of bystander intervention: emergency situations are unusual and complex- people rarely have experience to guide actions so need to make number decisions quickly and under great pressure. Step 2: interpreting a need for help: situations that elicit distress cues in victim likely be interp as emergencies ex: screaming, emergency- unusual event victim"s need is serious, deteriorating rapidly and requiring outside assistance. 100% but if says sounds like tape recording, maybe they are testing us = help 25% and 2 na ve. The presence of others: darley and latane (1968)- college students in separate cubicles lead to believe discussion group= 2 people (p and future victim), 3 (p, future victim, other)/ 6 people (p, future victim, 4 others)
