The social-responsibility norm seems to fit really well to this situation because these three students helped a person who was clearly dependant and reciprocity was irrelevant (Myers, Spencer., 2006). The attributions for the responses would again be described as external because these students could see that the suffering this woman incurred was not due to her own negligence and she was not at fault. Thus, as defined by the norm of social responsibility, these students felt inclined to help this woman without the expectation of future exchanges (Myers, Spencer., 2006). Therefore, their actions were seen as being
The social-responsibility norm seems to fit really well to this situation because these three students helped a person who was clearly dependant and reciprocity was irrelevant (Myers, Spencer., 2006). The attributions for the responses would again be described as external because these students could see that the suffering this woman incurred was not due to her own negligence and she was not at fault. Thus, as defined by the norm of social responsibility, these students felt inclined to help this woman without the expectation of future exchanges (Myers, Spencer., 2006). Therefore, their actions were seen as being