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Outline the main assumptions of Batson’s empathy altruism hypothesis.
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Outline the main assumptions of Batson's empathy altruism hypothesis. (12) The main assumption of Batson's empathy altruism hypothesis are that altruistic behaviour can be explained through feelings of empathy. Empathy would involve a person experiencing the same emotional state as another person's situation or state. An example of this is feeling sad when another person is feeling sad. Batson also stated that when feelings of empathy are experienced other feelings of sorrow, concern and compassion will also be felt. According to this hypothesis if a person were observing another person experiencing distress the observer would feel empathy and would then be motivated to help. Batson also stated that empathy consists of three components. These are ;- perspective taking - the ability to understand the other persons viewpoint, personal distress - the ability to feel sadness when the other person is experiencing sadness and empathetic concern. For empathy to occur perspective...
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