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    COMPONENTS Community Services ( Group Project ) – 50% ( LO1: apply communication skills in various situations. ; LO4: analyse information gathered as a means of learning in the process of lifelong learning. ) Community services is the practice of altruism ( unselfishness ) within one’s community. People become involved in community service for many reasons: for some‚ serving community is an altruistic act‚ for others it is a punishment. Community services therefore refers to projects that members

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    11 The factors that help/encourage relationship development Proximity Physical attraction Similarity Liking those that like us Chapter 12 Why do we help? Social exchange theory Social responsibility norm Evolutionary psychology Genuine altruism hypothesis When will we help and who is more likely to help? Chapter 13 The Prisoner’s Dilemma Tragedy of the Commons Psyc 315 Final Exam Study Guide Your final exam is made up of three essay questions (30 pts each)‚ two shorter essay questions

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    influence your attitudes and behaviors. Each response must be 100 to 150 words. Value Definition Personal Demonstration AltruismAltruism has been viewed or defined as a professional value of the nursing discipline. It is an important professional value that exhibits characteristics of ethical behavior in professional nursing practice.” (Constance L. Milton & PhD‚ 2012) Altruism can be demonstrated by have concern for the well-being of others‚ including patients‚ families‚ coworkers‚ and other clinicians

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    APA-formatted reference page. Define: Identify how nurses demonstrate this value. Discuss how you demonstrate this value. Altruism: “Devotion to the welfare of others‚ regard for others‚ as a principle of action; opposed to egoism or selfishness” (Britannica Online‚ 2008). Altruism is taking care of others regardless of your personal feelings. Nurses demonstrate altruism in many ways. They are devoted to their patients while working in any healthcare setting‚ they take action when a patient needs

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    factors. In the field of psychology‚ behaviour can be classified as pro-social or anti-social. Pro-social behaviour is behaviour that is considered to be constructive or beneficial to another person‚ group or society (Carter & Grivas‚ 2005). Altruism is a particular type of pro-social behaviour that is defined as behaviour in which one person helps another person‚ group or society for completely selfless reasons‚ without seeking any personal gains or rewards (Carter & Grivas‚ 2005). It

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    sacrificing his life for King Hrothgar’s kingdom‚ he is acting out of altruism‚ not hubris because he sacrifices his life for the well-being of others‚ with no benefit to himself. Beowulf acts altruistically for the people of Hrothgar’s kingdom and for his family. First‚ readers should agree Beowulf acts altruistically for the people of Hrothgar’s kingdom because he sacrifices himself to defeat Grendel. Beowulf proves his altruism when he says‚ “…That I‚ alone and with the help of my men‚/ may purge

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    morality comes from doing what is in our self-interest; I don’t believe that true. So: other peoples’ interests are significant and count from a moral point of view. We can help others. Thus‚ we should help others. This argument would be an argument for altruism. Some disagree with it‚ namely ethical egoists; according to ethical egoism‚ “one has a moral obligation to

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    Prosocial behaviour covers the broad range of actions intended to benefit one or more people other than oneself‚ conduct such as; helping‚ comforting‚ sharing‚ and cooperation. Altruism can be described as a subset of these behaviours‚ for example self-sacrificial helping or helping in the absence of obvious‚ external rewards. It is also a motivational concept‚ motivation to increase another person’s welfare; in contrast to egoism‚ the motivation of a person to increase their own welfare. It is

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    ! Are people inherently moral?! ! Bernard Gert (2012) defines the term „morality“ descriptively and normatively. Descriptively‚ morality refers to some codes of conduct which has put forwarded by a society‚ by a religion or accepted by an individual for her own behavior. Normatively‚ morality is a code of conduct‚ which would be put forward by all rational people in some specific conditions. Therefore morality is a knowledge. To assume that people are inherently moral‚ it should also be

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    and help. A lot of social psychological research focuses on anti-social behaviour. This essay will look at the other side of the coin and focus on pro-social behaviour‚ specifically helping behaviour and altruism. It will look at what causes people to help or not help and the phenomenon of altruism‚ the act of helping other for no discernable reward. The factors that influence pro-social behaviour include cultural differences‚ personality variables‚ gender differences‚ the effects of religion and

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