PSYC 2005, APA FORMAT, REFERENCES NEEDED

The assignment (2–to 3 pages):

• Briefly describe the "event" you selected.
• Then describe one example of prosocial or helping behavior and one example of antisocial or negative behavior in groups related to the event.
• Analyze the people's prosocial behaviors using the theories, concepts, and perspectives presented in the text:
  • The evolutionary perspective
  • The sociocultural perspective
  • The learning perspective
  • The decision-making perspective
  • The Attribution Theory
  • The negative-state model
  • Motives for helping
  • Concepts related to bystander intervention
• Explain the possible or likely characteristics of those who helped in your example as well as the probable characteristics of those who demonstrated negative behavior.
• Explain any aspects of the event itself that influence/elicit prosocial and antisocial behavior.
• Explain the role, if any, of culture in the prosocial and antisocial behaviors displayed.