Psychology of Helping Module 30 Altruism vs ProSocial
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Psychology of Helping Module 30
Altruism vs. Pro-Social
Small Group �Generate a list of the ways you have been altruistic within the last month. �Discuss why you helped. What was your motivation?
Why help? �Empathy �Personal distress �Norms/values �Two Theories • Decision-stage model • Social Exchange Model
Decision Stage Model 1. Notice 2. Interpret 3. Assume Responsibility 4. Decide to/how to help
Latane and Darley’s Work �Dozens of lab and field experiments showing what is know as the “Bystander Effect” �More bystanders = less likely to help • Failure to notice • Failure to interpret (“non-responsive bystander) • Failure to assume responsibility �Diffusion of responsibility
Watch video “Brother’s Keeper”
�Anti-bullying PSA �Can you think of other examples where the situation can be altered by one person stepping up? �Can you think of a time when you were a non-responsive bystander?
Social Exchange Model �Calculating the costs and rewards of helping. • Arousal of negative emotions (empathy for another) is one cost that can be minimized by helping or leaving the situation. • Social norms are also motivators. �RECIPROCITY NORM �SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY NORM
Power of the Situation �Being a hero or villain is partly due to the situation. Pastor Ntakirutimana Pastor Murinzi and Immaculee Paul Rusesabagina
