Hruschka Essay Examples

Originally, I was going to have an introduction that I wrote before I did any kind of research to have the introduction and conclusion show how what I researched helped me learn, however I lost the thumb drive it was on so here is my attempt at recreating it. Friends will talk with you both in person and in ‘permanent media’ (anything that someone can go back and recreate the exact conversation between you word for word), they will make you feel like they chose to be with you, they will help you even if you don’t ask for it. Acquaintances will talk with you but it will usually only be either in person or in ‘permanent media,’ they will merely accept your presence, and will only help you when you ask.
When people interact with others, they typically …show more content…
Some examples of this concept are saving money, being nice to bosses and coworkers, going to bed at a reasonable hour. Behavioral experiments have shown that increasing the likelihood of future interactions increases the willingness to share and cooperate. In one such experiment, researchers examined the effect of removing the shadow of the future by going to students through Facebook and asked them to identify some close friends and some fourth degree acquaintances then asked the participants to make decisions about sharing with or helping particular partners with money provided. Sometimes the decision was made anonymous and other times the friend would be informed about the donor’s identity. After thousands of decisions the researchers found that students gave their close friends fifty percent more than acquaintances when remaining anonymous, which suggests that friends’ generosity is not due to the shadow of the future, however it did have some effect because when the identity of the student is given to the recipient, transfers increased for both friends and acquaintances albeit a greater proportion by friends. (Hruschka