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Social Phase

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Friends and family hear about the breakup, then everyone else hears soon after

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Getting over it; analyzing what went wrong

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Any act with the goal of benefitting another person

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Desire to help another person, even when it comes with a cost

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When we feel empathy for another person, we will attempt to help that person for purely altruistic reasons

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If you don’t feel empathy for another person, you will trigger social exchange theory (cost-benefit) when helping them

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- Kin selection - Norms of reciprocity - Group Selection

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Helping certain people may help our ‘kin’ survive in some way

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Helping each other may improve survival for both parties involved

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Some argued that people pass on traits that make them more likely to survive and reproduce

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Personality characteristics that influence chances of engaging in prosocial behavior

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Women more likely to engage in prosocial behavior than men; culture differs nowadays, as more men are being taught to care about other’s well-being

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Of 7000 awarded with a grand prosocial award, 91% are men; showcases that Men more likely to engage in extreme examples of prosocial behavior (saving ppl out of burning building)

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Collective more likely to help each other out than individualistic cultures

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We’re more likely to help ppl in our ‘in-group’ than ppl in our ‘out-group’

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Being in a good mood can encourage prosocial behavior as well; “Feel good, do good.”

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Only 4% of the people who did not find a dime helped the man pick up his papers, whereas a whopping 84% of the people who found a dime stopped to help.

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religious people are more likely to help than other people are, with an important qualification: if the person in need of help shares their religious beliefs

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sadness can also lead to an increase in helping, because when people are sad, they are motivated to engage in activities that make them feel better.

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People are less helpful in big cities than in small towns, not because of a difference in values, but because the stress of urban life causes them to keep to themselves.

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We are constantly bombarded with stimulation, and to avoid overwhelm, we avoid the stimulation (people)

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When we have long-term residents in our area, we see: - lower crime, - more involved w/ community, - greater concern for reputation

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The more people there are in an emergency, the longer it takes for help to be called (Latane & Darley, 1970)

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When we assume that everyone else is interpreting a situation in the same way

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Our sense of responsibility decreases as the number of people increases; More likely to help by requesting by name

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More likely to get help from others in person than over technology

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People who played a prosocial game are more likely to help others after that game

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- Increasing likelihood that bystanders will intervene - Volunteering (more likely to be healthier, happier, and live longer!)

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intentional behavior aimed at doing harm or causing physical or psychological pain to another person

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having as one’s goal the harming of another

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harm as a means to some other end; Hurting someone in the process of pursuing another goal

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Primarily deals w/ testosterone (correlation w/ aggression & testosterone)

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“Testosterone relates to aggression only when there are opportunities of reproduction.”

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“(Testosterone & cortisol) dominant-seeking behavior only occurs when we have elevated testosterone and low cortisol levels.”

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Testosterone related to reduced activity in orbital frontal cortex regarding impulsive control and self-regulation

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There is a great variation in the levels of aggression across cultures; under some conditions, groups have had to become more aggressive, and under other conditions, they have become more peaceful; - collectivist = less aggressive -

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Men are raised to respond aggressively to perceptions of threat and disrespect, a response that originated in economic conditions

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Women - indirect forms of aggression (gossip) - more aggressive with ppl they know Men - direct forms of aggression (fighting) - more aggressive w/ strangers

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- ‘Bobo Doll’ Experiment - Social-cognitive learning

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people often learn social behavior, including aggression, through observational learning—observing and imitating others, especially people and institutions they respect

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Children learn aggressive behavior through imitation. In this classic study, the experimenter modeled some rather violent treatment of the doll—and the children imitated her perfectly

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- Frustration & aggression - Provocation & reciprocation

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Frustration is more likely to produce aggression if one is thwarted on the way to a goal in a manner that is either illegitimate or unexpected.

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The feeling that you have less than what you deserve or less than people similar to you have can lead to frustration and aggressive behavior

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Individuals frequently aggress to reciprocate the aggressive behavior of others.

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Watching violence is associated with an increase in aggressive behavior, especially in children, but not all studies find a relationship

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- Norms - Observational Learning - Habituation - Misattribution - Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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(Thailand) Framing aggressive behavior as childish may decrease aggressive, wanting to follow society

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When people see characters behaving violently, it might trigger imitation, providing them with ideas as to how they might go about it.

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Watching violence may put people more in touch with their feelings of anger and make an aggressive response more likely through priming. (Real anger? Or a stressful day?)

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Watching a lot of mayhem seems to reduce both our sense of horror about violence and our sympathy for the victims, making it easier for us to live with violence and perhaps easier for us to act aggressively.

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If watching a lot of television makes people think the world is a dangerous place, they might be more apt to be hostile to a stranger who approaches them on the street.

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(Bower & Hilgard, 1981). Punishment must follow quickly after the aggression occurred, and it must be unavoidable. In the real world, these conditions are almost never met.

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the use of harsh punishments to reduce aggression usually backfires; it may put a halt to a child’s aggressive behavior in the short term, but children who are physically punished tend to become more aggressive and antisocial over time (Durrant & Ensom, 2012).

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The notion that “blowing off steam”—by behaving aggressively or watching others do so—relieves built-up anger and aggressive energy and hence reduces the likelihood of further aggressive behavior; doesn’t prove to be very effective

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- apologizing - buiding empathy - disrupting rejection-rage cycle

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When both parties apologizing over their part (and genuinely mean it), it can reduced aggression towards each other

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By building empathy among people, dehumanization decreases and aggressive acts should be difficult to commit. It’s harder to harm a stranger if you have made a personal connection with that person

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Social rejection is the most significant risk factor for teenage suicide, despair, and violence.

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Changing the atmosphere of schools through awareness, empathy training, and bullying-reduction programs can reduce bullying and improve the lives of the youth.

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