Reference no: EM13921167
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:
o The evolutionary perspective
o The sociocultural perspective
o The learning perspective
o The decision-making perspective
o The Attribution Theory
o The negative-state model
o Motives for helping
o 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.
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