Psych 217 Exam 2 Study Questions and Answers Top Graded 2024

Eisenberg Video Study - participants watched a video of a woman and her children who had been hurt in an accident and recovering in a hospital. While watching the video participants facial expressions and heart rate were measured Participants showed different responses - some an increase in heart rate and wincing expression (distress) - others heart rate deceleration and a sympathy expression (pinched and raised eyebrows and rounded mouth) People Likelihood of Participants helping in Eisenberg Video Study - people showing distress stated low levels of willingness to help and those showing sympathy stated high levels of willingness to help two emotional routes to helping - viewing anothers distress --> emotion (distress, upset, anxious, and disturbed) --> motive (egotistic motivation to reduce ones own distress --> behavior (behvaior to achieve reduction of own distress viewing another's distress --> emotion (empathy, sympathy and compassion for other) --> motive (altruistic motivation to reduce others distress) --> behavior (behvaior to achieve reduction of others distress) Beirhoff et al Accident Study - conducted of people who had helped and accident scenes and compared them to non helpers - helpers vs nonhelpers were higher in dispositional (personality) empathy for others and had greater internal locus of control internal locus of control - view of themselves as the cause of their own behavior three situational variables that are very powerful - it is someone in our own group, we help when costs are low, and we help more when we are the only one who can provide assistance situational force #1 it is someone in your own group - people with whom we share group memberships are most liekyl to be helped cunningham relatedness study - surveyed people's willingness to help others across a variety of situations - parents, siblings and children (70%) - grandparents (60%) - first cousins (40%) - strangers (15%) situaion force # 2 we help when costs are low - Higher cost less likely to help Darley and Batson Minister study - - conducted at a seminary school - students arrived to the study and were told that needed to walk to another building where they would deliver a brief speech - some students told that they were late and should hurry to the building - others were told that the study was behind schedule so they did not need to rush - on the way to the building students passed a man slumped in a doorway coughing and groaning - 60% of those who were not in a hurry helped and 10% who were in a hurry helped situation force #3 we help more when we are the only one who can provide assistance - Bystander effect latane and Darley seizure study - participants arrives to th lab and is told that he will be working on a study in which they discuss (over intercom) college life - other participants are confederates - one of the confederates begins to show signs of having a seizure - when the participant and the seizure victim are the only two people in the study 85% of participants gave help in 60 seconds or less - when there were four others besides the participants and the seizure victim only 30% of the participants helped in 60 seconds or less