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From spontaneous casual gestures to large-scale, structured projects, prosocial behavior, or actions that benefit others, occur every day all around us. The study of prosocial behavior not only deepens our understanding of human behavior but also has practical implications for improving lives and promoting goodwill.

For this Discussion, you examine why people engage in prosocial behavior.

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RESOURCES

Readings

Jhangiani, R. & Tarry, H. (2022). Principles of social psychology (1st international H5P ed.). BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/

Chapter 8, “Helping and Altruism” (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/part/helping-and-altruism/)

Time Estimate: 6 min

Chapter 8.1, “Understanding Altruism: Self and Other Concerns” (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/understanding-altruism-self-and- other-concerns/)

Time Estimate: 20 min

Chapter 8.2, "The Role of Affect: Moods and Emotions" (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/the-role-of-affect-moods-and- emotions/)

Time Estimate: 14 min

Chapter 8.3, “How the Social Context Influences Helping" (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/how-the-social-context-influences- helping/)

Time Estimate: 17 min

Chapter 8.4, “Other Determinants of Helping" (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/other-determinants-of-helping/)

Time Estimate: 32 min

Chapter 8.5, “Thinking Like a Social Psychologist about Altruism" (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/thinking-like-a-social-psychologist- about-altruism/)

Time Estimate: 2 min

Chapter 8.6, “Chapter Summary” (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/chapter-summary-8/)

Time Estimate: 4 min

Copyright © 2022 by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and Dr. Hammond Tarry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License,

Post a 150- to 200-word response, in which you:

Select one of the following topics and identify the topic in the first line of your post: Environment/climate change Dieting Social media or online life Reducing aggression Parenting Interactions between the minority and the majority (e.g., tea drinkers petitioning a coffee shop to offer more tea options)

Describe how a person might engage in prosocial, or helping, behavior in the context of the topic you selected. Be specific (include the who, what, when, where, and how). Based on Chapter 8 of Jhangiani and Tarry (2022) (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/part/helping-and-altruism/) , provide an explanation for the prosocial behavior, identifying where in the Learning Resources (e.g. section(s) 8.1 (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/understanding-altruism-self-and-other- concerns/) , 8.2 (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/the-role-of-affect-moods- and-emotions/) , 8.3 (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/how-the-social- context-influences-helping/) , 8.4 (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/other- determinants-of-helping/) or 8.5 (https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/chapter/thinking- like-a-social-psychologist-about-altruism/) ) this is supported.

To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work with information from the Learning Resources.

Be sure to review the Week 3 Discussion Rubric to understand the specific grading criteria your Instructor will use to evaluate your work.

Respond to at least one colleague’s initial post, who selected a topic different than the one you chose, in one of the following ways:

Provide an alternative explanation for that prosocial behavior

except where otherwise noted. https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/part/helping- and-altruism/

BY DAY 3

BY DAY 5

Describe an example of the absence of that prosocial behavior and provide an explanation for that absence.

To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work with information from the Learning Resources.

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