1. Ch 12: Helping Pt 2: Apr. 27, 2015

2. Situational factors influence helping – – Effect of crowds: The Bystander Effect Kitty Genovese murder in 1964 in NYC – Details of the incident? How did bystanders react?

3. Darley & Latane’s follow-up experiments: Confederate fakes a seizure…either alone, with 1 other participant, or 4 other participants What is ‘Diffusion of Responsibility’?

4. Situational Theories (cont.) - Other situational influences on helping: – Rural/Urban areas: – Culture: – Role modeling: – Attractiveness:

5. Obstacles to helping – – Noticing – Interpreting – What is pluralistic ignorance? Shotland’s research on male-female assaults – – Responsibility – Deciding how to help

6. Increasing Helping Increasing helping among bystanders - Avoid the overjustification effect – Understand volunteers’ motives -