W10 - Lecture 10

Question 1

What are the problems of empathy?

Answer 1

It is self-based; based around our own schema. We tend to only be able to provide it for our in-group, to the extent that it can cause alienation from our out-groups.

Additionally, it

Question 2

What is the identifiable victim effect?

Answer 2

To be able to offer help to victims who are easily identifiable, but not to those that aren’t easily identifiable.

Question 3

What is a confound in the way we have been describing the identifiable victim effect?

Answer 3

It is not clear which of the two factors are driving this effect (is because we have personalized info about the victim or does it come from the fact that the victim has a specific identity).

Question 4

How could the identifiable victim effect be rational?

Answer 4

If the personalized info you have about the victim can help you make a logical definition as to why your empathy and consequently your help would be warranted and useful.

Question 5

What is the determined victim effect?

Answer 5

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Question 6

What’s the relationship between identifiability and punishment as per Small and Loewenstein (2005)?

Answer 6

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