Psychology GCSE
Cost of helping
What Cost of helping means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The idea that the cost of helping, together with the perceived characteristics of the victim, shapes bystander intervention.
Topics that use Cost of helping
- Social influence (AQA GCSE)
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- Adorno's theory of the authoritarian personality
- Authority
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- Deindividuation
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- Origins in parenting and socialisation
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