Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour Flashcards
Prosocial Behaviour
Helping behaviour that benefits other people and society in general.
Bystander Intervention
The act of a person voluntarily helping someone else.
Reciprocity Principle
The social expectation that you will respond in kind to someone who has helped you or done you a favour.
Social Responsibility Norm
The expectation that members of a society will provide help to people who are dependant or in need, without the expectation of favours being returned.
Empathy
The capacity to understand and respond to the distress of emotions, which often leads to prosocial behaviour.
Mood
An emotional state that can affect our precautions, thoughts and behaviours.
Competence
An individual’s ability to respond effectively to a situation or to perform a task successfully.
Altruism
A prosocial behaviour that involves selflessness or helping others, even if there is nothing to be gained personally or if there is some personal cost.
Antisocial Behaviour
Behaviour that is harmful to other and, ultimately, to the community (e.g. prejudice, aggression).
Bystander Effect
The likelihood of bystanders helping is influenced by the number of bystanders at the scene.
Diffusion of Responsibility
The idea that bystanders are less likely to responsibility for helping in the presence of others.
Audience Inhibition
The reluctance of bystanders to help due to the perceived negative appraisals of others (or due to feelings of self-consciousness).
Social Influence
The likelihood that bystanders will be more likely to help based on the reaction of others.
Cost-Benefit Analysis Model
A model of behaviour that suggests that when bystanders are confronted with emergencies, they weigh up the pros and cons of providing help compared to those for not helping.
Groupthink
The tendency of a group to make decisions based on maintaining group cohesion rather than by critically analysing the realities of the situation.
