he 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:
- The evolutionary perspective
- The sociocultural perspective
- The learning perspective
- The decision-making perspective
- The Attribution Theory
- The negative-state model
- Motives for helping
- 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.