Chapter 13 Flashcards

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prosocial behaviour

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helps others and society in general

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role of prosocial behaviour

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people normally display prosocial behaviour to help our species survive and that through socialisation children learn that they should help others.

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Bystander affect

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someone is more likely to help out if there is no one else is around.

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norm

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standardised behaviour that is followed by society

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reciprocity principle

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If someone helps us then we are expected to help that person

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Social responsibility norm

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wea are expected to help those within society who are dependent, without expecting anything in return

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Empathy

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emotional response to another person’s distress

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arousal

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the act of reliving an issue to stop someone from being in distress to make the situation more comfortable for ourselves

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mood (bystander affect)

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those who are in a better mood are more likely to help others than those in a bad mood

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compotence (bystander affect)

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Competence also plays a role as those who think they can help due to their knowledge in a field are more likely to help e.g. a doctor will help someone who is on the ground but a tradie may not as they don’t have the necessary knowledge.

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Altruism

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Altruism is providing help without expecting someone to pay it back

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Anti-social Behaviour

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Behaviour that is harmful to others. Antisocial behaviour can be further broken down into hostile, which is impulsive or instrumental which is carefully planned out.

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nature and nurture of antisocial behaviour

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Nature - people are instinctively aggressive and hostile to compete for resources
Nurture - people learn antisocial behaviour from socialisation

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Diffusion of responsibility

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the more people there are the more likely people will

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Audience inhibition

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helping someone may make the person look weird to others so some may not provide help due to a fear of social blunders.

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Social influence

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if someone sees that others are not helping someone they may not help someone.

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Costa and benefit analysis

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People weigh up the pros and cons of helping others and thus may not help another person. Stages of cost benefit analysis are physiological arousal, labelling the arousal with a specific emotion and evaluating the consequences of helping.

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Groupthink

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when making decisions within a group we are more susceptible to others. Within groups we tend to make decisions that will help the harmony of a group. If we feel opposed to group decisions we tend to stay silent