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Helping (When do people help (Recipient attributes (ingroup vs outgroup,…
Helping
When do people help
Recipient attributes
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identifiability of victim
- eg save the children study
Helper attributes
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accessibility of prosocial thoughts
- video game - lemmings vs tetris
- correspond with number of pencils picked up
need to perceive:
- that there is a need for help
- ambiguity - look to others
Deservingness influenced by
- social responsibility (help vulnerable)
- relational models exchange norms
- attributions of recipient responsibility (brought it on themself)
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Why do people help
- feels good
- but do we help ONLY to feel good?
- = egoism
Egosim
- helping for personal rewards
negative state relief model
- we feel bad when see others suffering
- help to reduce -ve state in ourselves
- study with bumping person with data cards
- those who had not had the neg state removed, more likely to help.
Altruism
helping out of genuine concern for the person
- elaine the learner
- empathy a separate process to personal distress
- empathy activated, help regardless of escape options
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How is help received
- autonomy related help preferred to depedency oriented help
- person giving autonomous help more pos evaluated if they are an expert
- peers neg evaluated for giving autonomy help