Slide 1Situational Influences on HelpingSlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Who gets helped?Increasing HelpingCh 10: Helping BehaviorsPart 2: Nov. 14, 2011Situational Influences on Helping•Effect of crowds: The Bystander Effect–Research on this began w/Kitty Genovese murder in 1964 in NYC•Details of the incident?•How did bystanders react?Darley & Latane’s follow-up experiments:Confederate appear to have seizure…either alone, with 1 other participant, or 4 other participantsWhat is ‘Diffusion of Responsibility’?–Obstacles to helping in these situations?•Noticing•Interpreting–Shotland’s research on intervening in male-female assaults–The role of pluralistic ignorance•Responsibility•Deciding how to help•Other situational influences on helping:–Rural/Urban areas:–Culture:–Role modeling:Who gets helped?•The roles of attractiveness & responsibility:•Gender:–Based on type of situationIncreasing Helping–Note that people do not always want help•Increasing helping among bystanders -•Avoid the overjustification effect ––Issue among volunteer
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