The high-status compassion bias: when and why do people assist high- and low-status victims?

Does the social status of victims in emergencies play a role in bystanders’ compassionate orientations towards them? In this thesis, I examine the hitherto unexplored proposition that bystanders may be more inclined toward expressing compassion in favor of victims who signal high (rather than low) s...

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Main Author: Matos Devesa, Andrea Soledad
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/69364/