Social Psyc

Moral Judgment

Judgment about what is universally right or wrong regarding human action and character.

Moral Psychology

A branch of social psychology focusing on how people make moral judgments, often guided by feelings.

Social Intuitionist Model of Moral Judgment

The idea that people first have fast emotional reactions to morally relevant events, influencing their reasoning towards a judgment.

Moral Foundations Theory

Proposes that five evolved, universal moral domains, such as care, fairness, loyalty, authority, and purity guide moral judgments.

Altruism

Prosocial behavior that benefits others without regard to the consequences for oneself.

Empathic Concern

Identifying with someone in need, feeling and understanding their experience, accompanied by the intention to help.

Bystander Intervention

Giving assistance to someone in need by those who witness an emergency.

Diffusion of Responsibility

Reduction of the sense of urgency to help based on the assumption that others present will help.

Pluralistic Ignorance

Occurs when people are unsure about what is happening and assume nothing is wrong because no one else is responding.

Kin Selection

An evolutionary strategy favoring the reproductive success of genetic relatives, even at cost to one’s own survival.

Reciprocal Altruism

Helping others with the expectation that they will return the favor in the future.

Tit-for-Tat Strategy

A strategy in the prisoner’s dilemma where the first move is cooperative, and subsequent moves mimic the partner's behavior.