• What can the theories of helping behavior teach us about this type of assistance?
When looking at helping behavior one must understand the breakdown of Social Psychology. Social Psychology is defined as the study of how the presence of people can affect one individual 's behaviors, thoughts, and feelings (Kassin, Fein, & Markus, 2014). Theories of helping behavior are important when having a charitable organization that wants to assist a third world country in education, vaccination, and nutrition. One must assess why they are helping and ensure the reasons for helping a valid and for the pure pleasure to help and not a big ego. When providing assistance it is important to have a positive attitude and be willing to lend a helping because more positive behavior will provide a more favorable outcome (Isen & Levin, 1972). It is also important to be aware of the thoughts and feelings of people that the charity is going to help. By recognizing the barriers that are between the charity volunteers and the individuals that are receiving help will also help provide the best assistance possible. Not everyone has the …show more content…
This is to prevent over-helping and putting threats to self-esteem. When working with people it is important to not make the people that are being helped feel inferior. It is also important to treat each person the way that one would wanted to be treated in return. The organization would have to be understanding of language barriers and cultural barriers to not make one feel that they are being discriminated against or judged (Sachs, 1999). It is important to recognize that people from different cultures are different in a variety of ways, including different ways of looking at things, different ways of dressing and different ways of expressing personality/goodness. One must have respect to self-esteem, self-image, and an understanding that their life style is different than
When looking at helping behavior one must understand the breakdown of Social Psychology. Social Psychology is defined as the study of how the presence of people can affect one individual 's behaviors, thoughts, and feelings (Kassin, Fein, & Markus, 2014). Theories of helping behavior are important when having a charitable organization that wants to assist a third world country in education, vaccination, and nutrition. One must assess why they are helping and ensure the reasons for helping a valid and for the pure pleasure to help and not a big ego. When providing assistance it is important to have a positive attitude and be willing to lend a helping because more positive behavior will provide a more favorable outcome (Isen & Levin, 1972). It is also important to be aware of the thoughts and feelings of people that the charity is going to help. By recognizing the barriers that are between the charity volunteers and the individuals that are receiving help will also help provide the best assistance possible. Not everyone has the …show more content…
This is to prevent over-helping and putting threats to self-esteem. When working with people it is important to not make the people that are being helped feel inferior. It is also important to treat each person the way that one would wanted to be treated in return. The organization would have to be understanding of language barriers and cultural barriers to not make one feel that they are being discriminated against or judged (Sachs, 1999). It is important to recognize that people from different cultures are different in a variety of ways, including different ways of looking at things, different ways of dressing and different ways of expressing personality/goodness. One must have respect to self-esteem, self-image, and an understanding that their life style is different than