ISP Final Presentation Final

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The Definition

Reciprocity Norm The expectation that helping others will in return gebenefit for themselves.

Empathy-Altruism When one feel empathy for another person, one is mto help the other for altruistic reasons or out of genuine concern.

an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth


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Scena


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What we have gathered

In this scenario we can see that the lady actually picks up the wallet anback to its owner and when asked why she did such a thing this is her If it was my wallet, I would like someone to return it to me.

Empathy-Altruism is illustrated as she placed herself in the shoes of Zh

She explained that if its her wallet she would like someone to return it shows that she actually placed herself in the shoes of the person who his wallet and returned it because, if she were to be in that similar situwould like the same thing to happen to her and she would probably knwill feel like to lose a wallet.


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What we have gathered

She explained that if its her wallet she would like someone to return it Thus, we can also infer that she was hoping someone will help her whe

herself, in the future, is in need of something.

Secondly, it may be due to the fact that someone had helped her once btherefore, she is returning back the favour.

Reciprocity norm is illustrated here.


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Scenario 2


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The Definition

Learning Social Norm is a belief on how a member of a group or society sbehave. Being in the group, we will learn to follow the social norm by leaothers and behaving like others.

Social Exchange Theory People help because they want the benefits to othe costs. Hence, people might weight benefit vs cost before they help an

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they haexits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts -WillShakespeare


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Scenario 2

In this video, the experiment carried out is the same as scenario 1

However, through the interview with the man in the video, another conillustrated.

Learning Social Norm and Social Exchange Th

The man said that it was a normal thing to help. From what he said, like helping is a norm for him.

As he probably have lived in Singapore for a very long time, he has proadapted to the Singapore society and learnt the social norm. Therefore,others may have already became a second nature for him and just watcsomeone in distress might just make him feel uncomfortable.


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Learning Social Norm and Social Exchange Th

On the hand , however, the man explained that he likes to help bhe has the time. From this, you can tell that he actually weight the benefi

before helping someone.

For example, if he was to be in a rush, he most probably will not bothered to help.

Hence, in this case, the man is not rushing for time so the cost of will be low. By helping us, he relieves himself of the pain of just being a b

From this, we can gather that, at this moment for him, the cost ofis very low as compared to the rewards.

Social Exchange Theory is illustrated here.


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Other Applicable concepts

Automatic thinking

Bystander effects


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Failed Experiment


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Scenari


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Scenario 3

In this scenario, a group of people were walking and looking to their ri

A guy in black is noticed doing the same thing as the few people in fron

Informational Social influence is illustrated in this scenario.


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Informational Social Influence

Informational social influence is where people assume the actions of oattempt to reflect correct behaviour for a given situation.

This is evident in situations where people do not know how to act andassume that the people around them possesses more knowledge than tthe situation.

Thus, they follow the actions of others and conforms to their choices.

From this scenario, we can see that the man in black conforms to the acthe people in front of him and looked to the right.

He might or might not know what he is looking at or what is there. Hosaw the people in front kept turning to the right and he followed their


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