Studied by 2 people
Topic 3: Social Responsibility
Bystanderism
Latané and Darley: To investigate the diffusion of responsibility in a perceived emergency.
Darley and Batson: To see if participants would help a person clearly in need while under the influence of personality and situational variables (under time pressure to get to a meeting).
Prosocial behaviour (biological)
Kin selection theory is an extension of evolution theory
Madsen et al: To investigate the influence of kin selection on human altruism.
Simmons et al: To test the kin selection theory by seeing whether close relatives of a patient in need of a kidney transfer would become a kidney donor.
Prosocial behaviour (cognitive)
Empathy-altruism model
Baston et al: To test the empathy-altruism model on the motivation of individuals to offer unconditional assistance.
Latané and Darley: To investigate the diffusion of responsibility in a perceived emergency.
Promoting prosocial behaviour (sociocultural)
Flook et al: To investigate the effects of a 12-week mindfulness-based kindness curriculum on the levels of prosocial behaviour in preschool children.
Nguyen and Parker: To identify the effectiveness of the Good Samaritan Law on the reduction of deaths caused by drug-related overdoses.
