title: [Recognize the victim in need: the effect of situational cues and priming on identification of need for help].
abstract: An experimental study investigated the joint influence of priming and situational cues on the perceived neediness of a target. A scrambled sentence test was used to prime two groups with the concepts of neediness and safety. In a third group a neutral concept was activated. A free description of the target and a subsequent adjective rating were applied as dependent measures. Although results indicated that both factors affected the attribution of neediness on a free description, the effects of priming were only apparent on this measurement and disappeared on the second task.
authors.affiliation: Universität Heidelberg. ZDW0@psi-sv1.psi.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Walther
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dambacher
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000533:Altruism; D019548:Crime Victims; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012449:Safety; D012919:Social Behavior