Helping Flashcards
social exchange theory
people behave according to rewards and costs of the behavior
people help when they are sad bc
helping can dispel negative mood
negative state relief hypothesis
people help in order to alleviate their own sadness and distress
people help when they are happy bc
helping can maintain a positive mood or be a side effect of helping
effect of sadness on helping reduces when the task is
unpleasant because it would not improve mood
effect of guilt on helping
engage in helping even when task is unpleasant
reciprocity norm
people will help and not hurt those who have helped them
social responsiblity norm
the expectation that people will help those who need help (women, children, elderly)
altruistic motivation
helping purely for the skae of providing benefit to another person
egoistic motivation
helping in order to obtain rewards or avoid punishment
social reconnection hypothesis
social rejection increased positive ratings and prosocial behavior towards novel target; decreased positive ratings and prosocial behavior towards person who rejected them
compensatory control
people have need to see the world as orderly and controllable, when theres a threat, fill with other sources - one response to threat is helping
we help in group members because
indentification and similarity (creates empathy) - recipricol altruism
we help out group members because
humanitarian values - help others less fortunate
bystander effect
greater number of bystanders witnessing an emergency the less likely any one of them is to help
