What is the prisoner’s dilemma? What do psychologists use it for? What has it shown about cooperation and competition? 4. What role does culture play in promoting the transmission of cooperative behaviors? 5. What factors relate to bystander helpfulness or apathy? What is diffusion of responsibility? 6. What is the basic idea behind Kohlberg’s theory of moral development? Explain the distinction between the morality of decisions and the morality of the reasoning behind decisions? 7. How does
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after their every comply. 7. Cognitive dissonance - (Vs. Reactance = bravery to stand up and resist ): Rosie Parks‚ Martin Luther King JR. *Social Exchange theory: We weigh the pros and cons of rewards and consequences of our actions *Bystander effect: The idea that people don’t want to get involved Social Norms (and conformity): Milgram 5. Inhibitory anxiety 6. Need to be justify it 7. Immediate circumstances or
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Why the World was Silent? During the Holocaust‚ where was the rest of the world when Germany and Europe needed them? In any other instance where a part of the world was in distress‚ allied countries would contribute in aiding them; why was this situation any different? Every country had heard about‚ as well as seen images of the horrors taking place under Adolf Hitler’s rule. “Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy signed the Tripartite Pact‚ this pact formulized the Axis. The main purpose of the pact was to
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“Why do people fail to help their fellow man or woman? Psychological research argues that fear‚ apathy and indifference are simplistic answers‚ contending instead that people are often restrained by a complex web of social pressures and group norms‚ particularly in crowds.” (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201110/why-we-stand-and-dont-help) This highlights the fact that the bystanders effect is increasing as we find that modern generations are too embarrassed to help when surrounded
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Terror is a tactic to bully and harm innocent bystanders to portray a message of pure hate. This issue of terrorisms affects me greatly because my best friend is of French Descent. She had grown up in Paris and spoke of its beauty and community. Her children are my daughter’s friends and even though they
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TRUE 9. Moral standards concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare. TRUE 10. Rules of etiquette are always moral rules. FALSE 11. An individual does not have to follow the code of one’s profession. FALSE 12. Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility. TRUE 13. Most people don’t distinguish between a person’s "morals" and his or her "ethics." TRUE 14. Business ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong‚ or good and
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Essay: a) Outline explanations of group display in humans (15 marks) b) Criticially evaluate one or more of your explanations of group display in humans (10 marks) Part A Group display of aggression (behaviour with intent to harm) in ancestors has been seen as an adaptive response‚ promoting inter-group harmony and mutual defence. Lynch mobs have been explained by social transition and the need for conformity‚ for example‚ Myrdal (1944) found that black lynchings in the USA were due to fear
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PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR Aims To introduce psychological aspects of prosocial behaviour Objectives • Describe different types of helping behaviour • Discuss different explanations of helping behavior: Why do we help? • Evaluate the Bystander Intervention Model Prosocial Behavior: This discusses the basics of helping behavior. Altruism is distinguished from prosocial behavior. Several theoretical perspectives on helping are considered. These include the evolutionary perspective; the socio-cultural
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novel he demonstrates three ways to posses this: money‚ authority‚ and the ability to strike fear into the hearts of others. Every thing is swallowed by a money-induced apathy lately‚ leaving nothing else of any importance. Moss‚ a main character in the novel‚ uses his new found wealth as a tool to manipulate bystanders into helping him get what he needs. In most cases people are hesitant at first to help this distressed looking man‚ but as soon as he waves a hundred dollar bill or two there
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Displacement Not in Book Charlie’s Law of S.T.B.O.S (Service Type Bureaucracies Organizations)- People at the bottom of a S.T.B.O. think they have more power than they really do. Conformity- going along‚ even when they know its wrong. Not in Book Bystander Apathy- someone watching and not caring. (For example: Someone watching someone
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