Cialdini et al (1973)
What do we know about the participants?
College students
How many female college student participants were in the sampled?
44
What type of experiment was ran?
A field experiment
True of False: NSRM is limited to situational stress
True, the study is based on situations that invoke stress
What is empathy?
Someones ability to try to understand and feel what another individual is feeling
What was the aim of the study?
To investigate how helpful people are when in a negative mood versus a positive mood
True or false: Deception is not an ethical concern due to the after study debreifing
False, the debreifing does not fully remove the ethical concern raised by deception, as deception can have last effects from the study itself regardless of later gained knowledge.
Condition 1: Guilt; implied SS broke the camera
Condition 2: No guilt; SS we assured that the broken camera was not their fault
What does the Negative State Relief Model imply about apparent altruism?
That it is ultimately egoistic
True or false: A limitation of EBA is that it can decrease the probability of intergroup conflict
False; decreasing intergroup conflict is beneficial for maintaining healthy relationships and promoting prosocial behavior
What were the results of the study?
Participants who were not shown the positive stimulas were more helpful to alleviate their negative mood whereas participants who were shown the positive stimuli were less helpful
What did the results show?
Those in the low-empathy condition helped less than those in the high-empathy condition
What percentage in the guilt condition helped the lady in someway?
55%
True or false: NSRM proves that people chose to help as an act of self-interest
False, it only offers a possible explanation not a guaranteed reason
Whats a common phrase regarding empathy based altruism?
"Walking a mile in somebody else's shoes"