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- Influence
The bystander-effect: a meta-analytic review on bystander intervention in dangerous and non-dangerous emergencies.
- P. Fischer, J. Krueger, +6 authors Martina Kainbacher
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological bulletin
- 30 June 2011
Research on bystander intervention has produced a great number of studies showing that the presence of other people in a critical situation reduces the likelihood that an individual will help. As the… Expand
Effects of prosocial video games on prosocial behavior.
- Tobias Greitemeyer, S. Osswald
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 February 2010
Previous research has documented that playing violent video games has various negative effects on social behavior in that it causes an increase in aggressive behavior and a decrease in prosocial… Expand
A meta‐analytic review of help giving and aggression from an attributional perspective: Contributions to a general theory of motivation
- U. Rudolph, S. Roesch, Tobias Greitemeyer, B. Weiner
- Psychology
- 1 September 2004
The present review syntheses 64 investigations on the determinants of helping and aggression involving more than 12,000 subjects, providing empirical tests of Weiner's (1986, 1995) theory of social… Expand
Preference-consistent evaluation of information in the hidden profile paradigm: beyond group-level explanations for the dominance of shared information in group decisions.
- Tobias Greitemeyer, S. Schulz-Hardt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 February 2003
Common explanations for the failure of groups to solve so-called hidden profiles focus on group processes, namely insufficient discussion of unshared information and premature consensus on a… Expand
Effects of Songs With Prosocial Lyrics on Prosocial Behavior: Further Evidence and a Mediating Mechanism
- Tobias Greitemeyer
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 31 July 2009
Previous research has shown that exposure to prosocial songs increased the accessibility of prosocial thoughts, led to more interpersonal empathy, and fostered helping behavior. However, inasmuch as… Expand
Red, rank, and romance in women viewing men.
- A. Elliot, Daniela Niesta Kayser, +4 authors H. Liu
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of experimental psychology. General
- 1 August 2010
In many nonhuman species of vertebrates, females are attracted to red on male conspecifics. Red is also a signal of male status in many nonhuman vertebrate species, and females show a mating… Expand
Effects of songs with prosocial lyrics on prosocial thoughts, affect, and behavior.
- Tobias Greitemeyer
- Psychology
- 2009
Previous research has shown that exposure to violent media increased aggression-related affect and thoughts, physiological arousal, and aggressive behavior as well as decreased prosocial tendencies.… Expand
The Unresponsive Bystander: Are Bystanders More Responsive in Dangerous Emergencies?
- P. Fischer, Tobias Greitemeyer, Fabian Pollozek, Dieter Frey
- Psychology
- 1 March 2006
Previous research in bystander intervention found that the presence of other bystanders reduces helping behaviour in an emergency (bystander effect). This research was mainly conducted in the context… Expand
Facebook's emotional consequences: Why Facebook causes a decrease in mood and why people still use it
- Christina Sagioglou, Tobias Greitemeyer
- Psychology, Computer Science
- Comput. Hum. Behav.
- 1 June 2014
TLDR
What do men and women want in a partner? Are educated partners always more desirable?
- Tobias Greitemeyer
- Psychology
- 1 March 2007
Abstract Previous research has shown that males value a potential partner’s physical attractiveness more than females do, whereas females value a potential partner’s socioeconomic status (SES) more… Expand