Psychology: Helping Behavior
Helping one another is crucial because, at one point, every other person will need either physical or psychological help. However, people’s will to help differs. On the other hand, the needy person influences other’s willingness to help him/her or not. This paper explores the variable and ethics that enhance help behaviors relating to the articles at hand.
Several variables influence the possibilities of an individual to get help from others, such as. Empathy: when a person in need is surrounded by people who value other’s well-being will automatically get immediate help. Personal distress: on this note, people reduce the chances of helping others because they put their benefits/ well-being first before offering support to the needy person. Moral disengagement: as claimed by Fida, Paciello, Tramontano, Fontaine, Barbaranelli & Farnese, (2015), people who consider their moral values are likely to offer more and immediate support to a needy person than those who do not. Nonetheless, racial discrimination is an ethical issue of concern, which also limited participation since some people feel unequally valued as others (Rogers & Ashforth 2017). For example, the racial minority group is likely to offer more help to others, although they rarely get such help.
Consequently, involvement in helping others is essential because when one falls in need, he/she has high chances of getting help. Further, social identification is vital, especially in an organization where a person can become a member of a particular social group, participate in social activities so that when in need, people can realize and voluntarily offer support. Shen, Sun & Xin (2019) suggest that people should know how to control their emotions and hostility not to scare whoever needs to provide support.