Introduction
Are human beings capable of true selflessness, or will all of our actions have some traces of narcissism? Are we overall all good or inherently bad? Are we capable of allowing compassion to lead us and love regardless of differences or will our differences always determine how we treat other humans? Pro-social behaviors: volunteering, sharing, showing compassion etc. have been positively linked to moral identity while antisocial behaviors: bullying, selfishness, aggression etc. have been negatively linked to moral identity (Hardy, Bean, & Olsen, 2015). “Voluntary actions that are intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals” (Eisenberg and Mussen 1989, 3) is considered pro-social behavior. Antisocial …show more content…
This expounds on the fact that people observe, imitate and model what they see (Learning-Theories, ND). The chief ideas of Social Learning Theory are differential association, differential reinforcement, modeling, and definitions. Differential association and definitions propose that people are more likely to turn into a criminal if they engage in criminal patterns and learn behavioral stimuli favorable to crime (Brauer & Tittle, 2012). The remaining two, differential reinforcement and modeling relate to the operant learning processes (Brauer & Tittle, 2012). To take things a bit further, Bandura also put forth the concept of reciprocal determinism. This theorizes that a person’s behavior is influenced by personal factors and that behavior also influences the environment (Learning-Theories, ND). If each sequence of the video could be related to each of these concepts, it’s would look like the …show more content…
The individuals were asked to record the amount of antisocial and pro-social content they viewed, how much time they engaged in the media, and their top three games. Aside from the actual media, they were asked if they would use their own money to help a person in need, how often they found themselves being helpful, and their feelings towards someone they knew being sick. Over the course of three years, data was collected from third, fourth, seventh and eighth graders ( Association for Psychological Science, 2013). The results revealed that teens with a great amount of exposure to media that portrayed cooperative, caring and helpful behaviors showed higher levels of pro-social behaviors ( Association for Psychological Science, 2013). As it relates to antisocial behaviors, “most psychologists agree that media has the greatest influence on young children” (Cook, 2012). In a study conducted between 1977 and 1992 by Rowell Huesmann, Jessica Moise-Titus, Cheryl-Lynn Podolski, and Leonard D. Eron, the correlation between TV-violence viewing and childhood or adolescent aggression was clearly confirmed and demonstrated. Short-term Exposure to violence causes an increase in immediate aggressive behavior in both boys and girls, but
Are human beings capable of true selflessness, or will all of our actions have some traces of narcissism? Are we overall all good or inherently bad? Are we capable of allowing compassion to lead us and love regardless of differences or will our differences always determine how we treat other humans? Pro-social behaviors: volunteering, sharing, showing compassion etc. have been positively linked to moral identity while antisocial behaviors: bullying, selfishness, aggression etc. have been negatively linked to moral identity (Hardy, Bean, & Olsen, 2015). “Voluntary actions that are intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals” (Eisenberg and Mussen 1989, 3) is considered pro-social behavior. Antisocial …show more content…
This expounds on the fact that people observe, imitate and model what they see (Learning-Theories, ND). The chief ideas of Social Learning Theory are differential association, differential reinforcement, modeling, and definitions. Differential association and definitions propose that people are more likely to turn into a criminal if they engage in criminal patterns and learn behavioral stimuli favorable to crime (Brauer & Tittle, 2012). The remaining two, differential reinforcement and modeling relate to the operant learning processes (Brauer & Tittle, 2012). To take things a bit further, Bandura also put forth the concept of reciprocal determinism. This theorizes that a person’s behavior is influenced by personal factors and that behavior also influences the environment (Learning-Theories, ND). If each sequence of the video could be related to each of these concepts, it’s would look like the …show more content…
The individuals were asked to record the amount of antisocial and pro-social content they viewed, how much time they engaged in the media, and their top three games. Aside from the actual media, they were asked if they would use their own money to help a person in need, how often they found themselves being helpful, and their feelings towards someone they knew being sick. Over the course of three years, data was collected from third, fourth, seventh and eighth graders ( Association for Psychological Science, 2013). The results revealed that teens with a great amount of exposure to media that portrayed cooperative, caring and helpful behaviors showed higher levels of pro-social behaviors ( Association for Psychological Science, 2013). As it relates to antisocial behaviors, “most psychologists agree that media has the greatest influence on young children” (Cook, 2012). In a study conducted between 1977 and 1992 by Rowell Huesmann, Jessica Moise-Titus, Cheryl-Lynn Podolski, and Leonard D. Eron, the correlation between TV-violence viewing and childhood or adolescent aggression was clearly confirmed and demonstrated. Short-term Exposure to violence causes an increase in immediate aggressive behavior in both boys and girls, but