Question

4. Discuss factors that reduce helping behavior. Also explain the effects of being helped, including the phenomenon of helping behavior inducing negative reactions. What factors lead to negative or positive reactions among people being helped?

Answer 1

The correct answers to these open questions are the following.

The factors that reduce helping behavior are the negative of the people who are offered the help and the improper circumstances to help others. The effects of being helped are that we can lend a helping hand to the ones in need. We feel that we are doing the right thing when we can help others. And the help is unconditional when we know that the other people have no ways to return the favor or the help.

However, sometimes the phenomenon of helping behavior induces negative reactions. The factors that lead to negative reactions among people being helped are, for instance, that they could always expect to be helped and we limit their own capacity to thrive. If people are always expecting altruism form others, they get used to and instead of making an effort or work hard, they prefer to be victims and expect other people to have compassion and also to help them.