APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Identified Victim Effect: The Role of Motivational Readiness.
- Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka
Jagiellonian University - Malgorzata Kossowska
Jagiellonian University - Ewa Szumowska
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland - Paulina Szwed
Jagiellonian University - Tomasz Żuradzki
Jagiellonian University
Abstract
In the project we suggest that the identified victim effect may be explained in the context of the Motivational Readiness Theory. Willingness to help is determined by the Want to help and the Expectancy that the action would be efficient. In five experiments we have found support for these hypotheses.
Motivation
