Ch 10: Helping Behaviors Part 2: Nov. 14, 2011
Situational 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 participants What 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 situation
Increasing Helping – Note that people do not always want help Increasing helping among bystanders - Avoid the overjustification effect – – Issue among volunteer orgs: