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Final- Altruism, Gratitude, Forgiveness, Presentations Flashcards

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What is the effect of video games?

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Prosocial

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Financial Security

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Maslows Hierchy of Needs

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Winning the lottery

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Only makes you happy for a little but then goes down

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Forgiveness

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Provides better heath

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Humor Paradox

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have to realize what jokes you might say

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Social Media

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increases productivity in the workplace, but you may be fired

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Violence

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Theory can be across different dimensions and circumstance; Criminals view self as superior ir high self esteem/unstable

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Previous studies found a correlation

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Type 3 error

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Grant

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Who will sustain/grant proposal virtues

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Forest of Sword Leaves

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Sliced up by vegetarian in hell/ hindu

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Over diagnosis of PTSD

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PTSD differs from mortal wounds

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Disability doesn’t enhance resilience

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a person has to hate characteristics

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Similar humor personalities

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fit best with one another

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We aren’t best at predicting ourselves

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Disappointingly obvious

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Workplace Creativity

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Ya.

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Taylor Swift Video

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Buried in there somewhere is the expression of gratitude for (and a wish for recovery of) a “meaningful” relationship

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What is altruism and what is it driven by?

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Helping others, driven by egotism and empathy, without personal gain, remember rick the author, and its similarity to volunteering. It can also be influenced by collectivism or spirituality. “Relationships not as staightforward as thought”.

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When egotism is motivated by atruism

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Public recognition for generosity and potential for generation of esteem; Reduction in torment driven by empathy; Escape from guilt or punishment for failing to help

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Who is Bob Geldoff

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He produced the live 8 concerts for Africa food relief

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What is empathy?

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It is the emotional response to perceived plight of another person

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Who is Daniel Batson?

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Batson’s work shows helping may still occur when escape from sacrifice is possible, argues that empathy is cause

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Explain the four physiology theories of empathy

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1) Evolutionary value of concern for others as trait
2) Twin studies demonstrate heritability
3) Prefrontal and parietal cortex activity
4) Mirror neurons produce mimicry of behavior and emotion

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Altruism and Gender

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In dictator game women found to be less sensitive to “price of giving” and therefore more altruistic than men

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What are the three basis of altruism?

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Egotism (Self-gain), Empathy (Identify similarities), and Values-Based.

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What is Values-Based Altruism

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Personal responsibility for prosocial acts; Heroic jobs stimulate altruism; Children raised to volunteer maintain the pattern

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How do we measure altruism?

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Self-Report Altruism Scale; Prosocial Behavior Questionnaire; Helping Attitude Scale; Game demonstrations (Dictator Game)

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What is gratitude?

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From the Latin gratia, grace, graciousness
Characteristics of obtaining a positive outcome from another individual who
Invested with cost
Provided something of value
Intentionally rendered
Surviving trauma may produce benefit-finding
Endorsed by all faiths as prized human tendency
Rejected by Aristotle as demeaning and needless

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Cultural variations in gratitude

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Asians prefer expressions of apology to thanks
Linked to “saving face”
Rather “swallow a broken tooth than spit it out”
Religious gratitude + commitment predicts emotional wellbeing

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Forgiveness defined

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Thompson: freeing from negative attachment with offender
McCullough: increased prosocial activity toward offender
ENRIGHT: willingness to abandon resentment and promote undeserved positive activity
TANGNEY:
Harm after transgression
Acknowledgment of perp’s responsibility
Cancelling the debt

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Forgiveness variables

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older, religious, collectivist people more likely to forgive

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Two models for forgivenss

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Gordon says to reestablish friendship and forgive and let go . Worthington says to recall the hurt, empathize, forgive and hold onto that

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Evolutionary view of forgiveness

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It helps preserve the social order

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Physiology view of forgiveness

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3 lobes: frontal parietal, and temporal influences by limbic (Limbo the tfp)

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Who said gratitude is a moral imperative?

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Adam Smith

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