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While social psychologists are often motivated by simple curiosity to study social behavior, they are also frequently motivated by the desire to help resolve social problems, such as increasing conservation of natural resources, increasing the practice of safe sex, understanding the relationship between viewing television violence and aggressive behavior, developing effective negotiation strategies for the reduction of international conflict, finding ways to reduce racial prejudice, and helping people adjust to life changes.

In this week's Assignment, you will explore prosocial, or helping, behavior. Prosocial behavior can be observed in situations ranging from everyday interactions with friends and family to the extraordinary circumstances of natural disasters. Some of these behaviors go unnoticed while others are highly publicized. Some helping behavior is spontaneous, such as when someone helps a person in a wheelchair by opening a door, whereas other helping behavior is highly structured, such as that which takes place within volunteer organizations.

Some social scientists have created taxonomies, or classification systems, for helping behavior. McGuire’s system includes casual helping (small favors, e.g., giving money to a panhandler, lending a pen, giving an acquaintance a ride in the direction you are going); substantial helping (e.g., helping a friend move, a voter goes to a rally to support a political candidate, a celebrity appears in a public service announcement for a charity); emotional helping (providing emotional support); and emergency helping (e.g., giving assistance to a stranger after a car accident) (1994).

To prepare:

Consider the following issues and choose one or more to use for your Spark post:

• Dieting
• Negativity on social media
• Reducing aggression
• Parenthood
• Interactions between minorities and the majority

Post by Day 2 two of your own examples of prosocial behavior associated with any of the issue(s) you selected. The two examples can be for the same issue or for two different issues. For each prosocial behavior, specify which issue the prosocial behavior is associated with, who would engage in the behavior, and who would benefit from the behavior. 

Notes:

• Spark Discussions are intended to generate ideas and spark thoughtsbeforeyou review the week’s Learning Resources or begin your Assignment. For this reason, your responses may be briefer than a regular Discussion post and are due on Day 2 (unlike regular Discussion posts which are due on Day 3). A response post is not required this week.
• Write the issue(s) you have selected in the subject line of your post. 
• You are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleague's postings. After clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link, select “Create Thread” to create your initial post.

• Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D., & Sommers, S. (2016).Social psychology (9th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
  • Chapter 2, “Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research”
  • Chapter 11, “Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help?”
  • “Making a Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining a Sustainable Future” (pp. 456–461)
• Resnik, D. (2015).What is ethics in research & why is it important?Retrieved fromhttp://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/

Select and read one of the following articles for this week’s Assignment:

• Burnette, J. L., & Finkel, E. J. (2012). Buffering against weight gain following dieting setbacks: An implicit theory intervention.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,48(3), 721–725.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Forest, A. L., & Wood, J. V. (2012). When social networking is not working: Individuals with low self-esteem recognize but do not reap the benefits of self-disclosure on Facebook.Psychological Science, 23(3), 295–302.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Mischkowski, D., Kross, E., & Bushman, B. J. (2012). Flies on the wall are less aggressive: Self-distancing “in the heat of the moment” reduces aggressive thoughts, angry feelings and aggressive behavior.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,48(5), 1187–1191.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Nelson, S. K., Kushlev, K., English, T., Dunn, E. W., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). In defense of parenthood: Children are associated with more joy than misery.Psychological Science,24(1), 3–10.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
• Penner, L. A., Dovidio, J. F., West, T. V., Gaertner, S. L., Albrecht, T. L., Dailey, R. K., & Markova, T. (2010). Aversive racism and medical interactions with black patients: A field study.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology,46(2), 436–440.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

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