Effects of sentiment and completion of a helping act on observer helping: A case for socially mediated Zeigarnik effects

Harvey A. Hornstein; Hugo N. Masor; Kenneth Sole; Madeline Heilman

doi:10.1037/h0030465

Effects of sentiment and completion of a helping act on observer helping: A case for socially mediated Zeigarnik effects

Harvey A. Hornstein, Hugo N. Masor, Kenneth Sole, Madeline Heilman

Psychology

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Abstract

Conducted a natural field experiment building on the earlier work of Lewin, Zeigarnik, Deutsch, and Horwitz to test the following predictions: Persons are more likely to complete the interrupted goal attainment of liked than disliked others. For liked others, the frequency of this kind of helping is greatest when the others are close to completing their goal; for disliked others, nearness to a goal is irrelevant. Ss were 175 New York pedestrians. Data confirm these predictions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	107-112
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of personality and social psychology
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/h0030465
State	Published - Jan 1971

Keywords

helping behavior in interrupted goal attainment, goal proximity &
social perception of involved other

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Social Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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