social psych final: Helping Behavior

Mismatch of Donations and Actual Need chart?

-Hurricane Katrina under 2 million people were affected, but they raised over 3 million dollars -911 under 1 million were hurt, they raised almost 3 million -Asian Tsunami almost 5 million were hurt they raised a little around 1.7 million -TB over 400 mill were effected only raised under 6 million -aids over 400 mill affected only raised under 2 million -malaria over 400 mill affected only raised about 3 million

Time pressure and helping?

-If time pressure is high they're less likely to help -If time pressure is low they are more likely to help

Attractiveness and helping?

1)Physically attractive and well dressed people are more likely to receive help than physically unattractive and poorly-dressed people. 2) This is especially strong when it comes to attractive women receiving help from men.

The Altruistic Personality?

1) High Levels of Empathy 2) Belief in a Just World (Just wanting to help people) 3) Accepting of Social Responsibility (Feel like you should help them if you can) 4) An Internal Locus of Control (wanting so help someone for yourself) 5) Low Egocentrism

Helping and gender?

1) Men are more likely to engage in helping that is heroic and chivalrous. 2) Men are more likely to help strangers than are women. 3) Women are more likely to engage in helping that is nurturing.

Latené and Darley's Five Step Model Leading to Helping?

1) Noticing the Event 2) Interpreting the Event -Pluralistic Ignorance: people will sometimes assume that with ambiguous information or in the absence of information that others have a different and better-informed opinion. 3) Assuming Responsibility -Diffusion of Responsibility: we tend to feel less responsibility to act when other people nearby are equally able to act. 4) Knowing How to Offer Help 5) Deciding to Help

Environmental Factors with helping people?

1) People are more helpful when it's pleasantly warm and sunny. 2) People are more likely to help strangers in small towns & cities than in big cities. 3) What matters is the current environmental setting, not where a person was raised.

The Murder of Kitty Genovese?

Kitty was walking home and a man came up to her stabbed her over and over again while all her neighbors watched and none of them called for help or even helped, later when the cops asked why none of them helped or even called for help all of their responses were i thought someone else did, kitty died.

In instances when a person is the only bystander, they are equally figural relative to the person in trouble which draws their attention to the fact that they are the only person capable of offering assistance. TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

In large crowds, a person's attention is focused mostly on the victim, who is figural, and less so on themselves. Therefore, they see themselves as part of the background, which reduces the likelihood that they will offer assistance. TRUE OR FALSE?

TRUE

Racial Similarity and Dissimilarity study?

We are likely to help people we perceive as similar to us in some way. STUDY- White women who was in need of help they helped, they helped black women equally when the helpers were alone... BUT when the helpers were NOT alone and people were there, they would help the white women over helping the black women.

Helping and its relationship to Self-Esteem?

When aid lowers recipients' self esteem, they are more likely to dislike both the aid and the helper, and are likely to avoid seeking such help again. 2) When the helper is very similar to oneself, receiving aid is likely to reduce one's self-esteem. 3) How recipients respond to help is also influenced by their present level of self-esteem. EX-help from others may make you have lower self esteem, like oh i was able to do this and you're making me feel like i can't do it on my own, i don't like you. your self esteem drops

Objective Self-Awareness Theory?

argues that when a bystander's attention is focused on themselves, standards of appropriate behavior (the social norms of helping) get activated. This increases the likelihood that the bystander will offer help as attention shifts back and forth between themselves (helper) and the victim. study: when your walking alone and you see someone that need help your gonna help but when theres other people around (bystander) then your social norm activates; that person needs help I'm gonna help

Altruism?

behavior intended to help others out of inner concern for the welfare of others and without conscious regard for one's self-interests

Egoism?(planned)

consciously planned behavior that involves helping others as a means to benefit oneself

Gestalt Psychology?

focuses on the human ability to perceive overall patterns.

1-The Moral Model? (The Perceived Responsibility Models of Helping)

people are held responsible both for problems and solutions and are believed to need proper motivation. ex: me and mandy, she's gonna think of the problem and solution to group problem and she's going to need motivation to doing the work.

The Bystander Effect?

people are less likely to offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present; the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them will help.ex coahcella someone on the ground and everyone is all staring (bystanders) devictimized; if the person

2-The Compensatory Model? (The Perceived Responsibility Models of Helping)

people are not seen as responsible for problems but they are responsible for solutions. Ex; me and mandy group; she's gonna think of the problem but you answer the solution,

3-The Medical Model? (The Perceived Responsibility Models of Helping)

people are seen as neither responsible for the problem nor for the solution. ex: doing no work

4-The Enlightenment Model? (The Perceived Responsibility Models of Helping)

people are seen as responsible for problems but as unable or unwilling to provide solutions.

The Social-Responsibility Norm?

the expectation that people will help those in need of help.

The Norm of Reciprocity?

the expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them.

Empathic-Joy Hypothesis?

the idea that helpers respond to the needs of a victim because they want to accomplish something and doing so is rewarding in and of itself

Negative-State Relief Hypothesis? (distress)

the idea that instead of helping because we genuinely care about the welfare of another person, we help because such actions allow us to reduce our own distressful, unpleasant emotions.

Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis?

the idea that when we feel empathy for a person (the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person and to experience events and emotions the way that person experiences them), we will attempt to help that person purely for altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain.

Urban Overload Hypothesis?

the theory that people living in cities are constantly being bombarded with stimulation and that they keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed by it. ex: when you live in a city there so much going on; so you keep to yourself

Returning wallets with certain photos?

when people stublem across wallet and wallet had pic of baby in wallet 85-88% of people would turn the wallet in but if there wasn't a pic of baby in wallet 15% would turn it in.

Devictimize Yourself?

when you're in pain, single someone out don't scream for help, ask someone indivuaully for help and ask them for help individually, and they'll help you.