prosocial behavior and the impact it can have on ourselves and others
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapters 10, 14
Lesson
Minimum of 2 scholarly sources
Instructions:
This we week explored the idea of prosocial behavior and the impact it can have on ourselves and others. This week, for a full day, consciously observe and take note of any helping behavior you see around you. Try to also engage in helping behavior yourself. Let the person cut ahead of you in line in traffic, hold the door open for those reaching the entrance at the same time, make breakfast for your partner or kids if they normally do that, etc. Take notes throughout your experiment on the scenario, your behavior, and the response of others. Then, create a PowerPoint to describe your analysis of the results. Specifically, be sure to include:
A detailed description of at least three prosocial behaviors you engaged in and/or observed others exhibit.
An analysis of the impact of your behaviors on you. How did you feel? What impact did the experiences have on your outlook for the day? Stress levels? Thoughts? Perceived levels of aggression?
An analysis of the impact of helping behaviors on others. How did they feel? What impact did the experiences seem to have on their outlook for the day? Stress levels? Thoughts? Perceived levels of aggression?
An analysis of at least two social psychology principles or theories discussed in class as they relate to your observations
Make use of presentation best practices
Include visuals (images, video, graphs, etc.) that support your text
Use the speaker’s notes to expand upon your bullet points or main ideas in the presentation.
Cite any sources used on the slide itself with an in-text citation as well as in your full reference list on the reference slide.
Presentation Requirements (APA format)
Length: 10-15 slides (not including title, introduction, and references slides)
Font should not be smaller than size 16-point
Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
References slide (a minimum of 2outside scholarly sources plus the textbook and/or the weekly lesson for each course outcome)
Title and introduction slide required
Chapter 10
Helping Others
It was their bravery that compelled them to risk their lives, but it was their compassion that ultimately saved them. Six firefighters from New York City’s Ladder Company 6 were among the many rescue workers who courageously climbed up the stairs of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Evolutionary and Motivational Factors: Why Do People Help?
Evolutionary factors in helping (prosocial behaviors)
The “Selfish Gene” kin selection
Reciprocal Altruism; empathy;
Rewards of helping: Helping others to help oneself; feeling good
The cost of helping or not helping;
Altruism or Egoism: the great debate
The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
Convergence of Motivations: Volunteering;
Helping as a default?
The Bystander Effect
Noticing; Interpreting; pluralistic ignorance;
Taking responsibility; diffusion of responsibility;
The Bystander Effect Online; Avoiding the Bystander Effect;
The Legacy of the Bystander Effect Research;
Deciding how to help and providing help –audience inhibition
Time Pressure;
Moods and Helping – Good Moods and Doing Good; Bad Moods and doing Good
Prosocial Media Effects
Role Models and Social Influence;
Are some people more helpful than others?
What is the Altruistic Personality?
Culture and Helping
Interpersonal Influences: Whom Do People Help?
Perceived Characteristics of the Person in Need: Attractiveness; Attributions of Responsibility;
A Little Help for Our Friends, and Others like Us –identity fusion
Gender and Helping
Culture and Who Receives Help – Social norms
Chapter 14: Stress and Health
What Causes Stress?
Crisis and Catastrophes; Major Live Events; Microstressors: The Hassles of Everyday Life
How Does Stress Affect the Body?
The General Adaptation Syndrome; What Stress Does to the Heart; What Stress Does to the Immune System; The Links Between Stress and Illness;
Processes of Appraisal
Attributions and Explanatory Styles; The Human Capacity for Resilience; Pollyanna’s Health
Ways of Coping With Stress
Problem-Focused Coping; Emotion-Focused Coping; Proactive Coping; Culture and Coping
Treatment and Prevention
Treatment: The “Social” Ingredients; Prevention: Getting the Message Across
The Pursuit of Happiness
Does Money Buy Happiness?
Emerging Science on How to Increase Happiness
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