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Helping: 3) Situational Theories (cont.) - Other situational influences on helping:

Helping: 3) Situational Theories (cont.) - Other situational influences on helping: Rural/Urban areas: Culture: Role modeling : Attractiveness:. Increasing Helping. Increasing helping among bystanders - Avoid the overjustification effect – How to best motivate volunteers:.

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Helping: 3) Situational Theories (cont.) - Other situational influences on helping:

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  1. Helping: 3) Situational Theories (cont.) - • Other situational influences on helping: • Rural/Urban areas: • Culture: • Role modeling: • Attractiveness:

  2. Increasing Helping • Increasing helping among bystanders - • Avoid the overjustification effect – • How to best motivate volunteers:

  3. Ch 15: Social Psych in Court Part 1

  4. Eyewitness Identifications • Research on eyewitness memory – • Weighted heavily in trials, but how accurate? • One cause of wrongful conviction • Recent cases w/DNA evidence overturning verdict • Juries are influenced by eyewitnesses • Are confidence & accuracy correlated? • Discredited eyewitnesses? Loftus study -

  5. Why might eyewitnesses be inaccurate? • The case of Jennifer Thompson’s assault • Details of her case: • How did eyewitness memory come into play? • How did DNA testing come into play?

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