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| action intended to benefit another |
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| action intended solely to benefit another |
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| the survival of one's genes in one's own offspring and in any relatives one helps |
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| helping that occurs in return for prior help |
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| Social Responsibility Norm |
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| the societal rule that people should help those who need them to help |
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| the tendency of a bystander to be less likely to help in an emergency if there are other onlookers present |
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| Diffusion of Responsibility |
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| the tendency for each group member to dilute personal responsibility for acting by spreading it among all other group members; "I am not responsible" |
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| the mistaken impression on the part of group members that, because no one else is acting concerned, there is no cause for alarm |
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| the internalized beliefs and values that combine to form a person's inner standards for behavior |
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| Arousal/Cost-Reward Model |
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| the view that observers of a victim's suffering will want to help in order to relieve their own personal distress |
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| Mood Management Hypothesis |
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| the idea that people use helping tactically to manage their moods |
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| the process of mentally putting oneself in another's position |
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| Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis |
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| the presumption that when one empathizes with the plight of another, one will want to help that other for purely altruistic reasons |
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| compassionate feelings caused by taking the perspective of a needy other |
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| characteristics of the situation that lead to more/less helping |
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| characteristics of the individual that lead to more/less helping |
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Diffusion of Responsibility
Pluralistic Ignorance
Bystander Effect |
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| "someone else will do it" |
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| reluctance to help for fear of making a bad impression on observers |
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| degree to which a person feels responsible for dependent others |
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| belief that you have the capabilities to execute action and attain goals |
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| tendency to experience emotion in response to other's emotional experience by taking their perspective |
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| tends to lead to more helping |
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