SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY - PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR Flashcards
What was the kitty genovese study???
A women in New York City attacked nuemours times but no one helped and led to the bystander effect
Define empathy?
An emotional response to someone else’s distress
Who did the bystander calculus model?
Piliavin et al
Explain the bystander calculus model?
Physiological responses + cognitive process = helping behaviour
Whats the link between physical arousal and help
High arousal is more likely to help
Whats the 3 processes that contribute to bystander apathy?
- diffusion of responsibility = if alone we accept responsibility
- audience inhibition = don’t want to over-react
- social influence = if others are passive our assessment is this is not an emergency
Whats the social role theory?
Women are less likely to initiate interactions with strangers
Whats the grip theory?
Croft et al
- gender roles inhibit prosocial behaviour
How can helping be increased?
Raise awareness of barriers to helping
Caveat - people may not always want to be helped
What 4 things do piliavin et al think play in role in us working out the cost of not helping?
- Clear emergency?
- Severance emergency?
- How close am i ?
- How similar am i?
Whats The 5 elements of latane and darleys cognitive model?
- Attending to what is happening?
2, define event as an emergencay?
3.assume responsibility? - Decide what can be done?
- Give help?
What were the 3 experimental groups of latane and darley on bystander behaviour?
- Alone
- Strangers
- Confederates
What do the participants experienced in the experiment?
Most of it was lower to respond
Eagly and Crowley carried out a meta analysis, which showed that the strongest helping combination was?
In trouble Female and on their own
Helper male and on their own
