Psyc 360 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture I. HelpingOutline of Current Lecture II. Benefits and Costs of HelpingCurrent LectureSteps to helping0. Event OccursDistraction1. NoticePluralistic Ignorance (a form of private conformity) (smoke study)2. Interpret as an emergencyDiffusion of Responsibility (Seizure study)3. Take charge 4. Decide how to helpCost-Benefit Analysis – Audience inhibition5. HELPBenefits CostsNon-social Avoiding guilt If I fail while helping = suedPut myself at riskAlters our own priorities (speech study)Financial Social Pride Embarrassment from overreactingReputation creditReciprocationThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Study: People (seminar students) are told to write a speech and then travel to another building. They were told they were either early or late. Each participant saw a man slumped in the doorway. Who helped the man? Some people had to write a speech about the parable of a good Samaritan while others wrote about career paths. The topic of the speech did not matter when it came to helping. When are people are more likely to help?- When they aren’t running late- Those who were running late were less likely to help. career path speech% who helped good Samaritan speechOn time lateWe will only move from step 4 to step 5 in helping if the benefits outweigh the costs.Audience Inhibition- failing to help for fear of making a bad impression - Form of public conformityChild abduction video: Several people just walked by the young girl and man trying to abduct her. Finally, after hours, two men saw what was happening and dropped what they were doing and went after the man. When we help it is for the sake of helping ourselves and our own well-being. Are there any purely selfless good deeds?“Carol Marcy” study in book- Other’s suffering cost-benefit analysis(if benefits outweigh costs) Helpo Low road to helping- Other’s suffering Just helping because we empathizeo High road to
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