Neuroscience meets social psychology: An integrative approach to human empathy and prosocial behavior.

2010 ◽  
pp. 109-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grit Hein ◽  
Tania Singer
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Integrative Approach

The Social Psychology of Prosocial Behavior

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Dovidio ◽  
Jane Allyn Piliavin ◽  
David A. Schroeder ◽  
Louis A. Penner
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
The Social

The Effects of Sport Experience in the Development of Social Character: An Exploratory Investigation

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Kleiber ◽  
Glyn G. Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Field Experiment ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
General Assumption ◽  
Social Character ◽  
Organized Sport ◽  
Exploratory Investigation

The word “character” has generally lost its currency in the literature on personality and social psychology over the last 20 years. And yet the assumption that sport builds character is still held, at least privately, by a great many people. This investigation was an attempt to reconsider the “character” construct, to isolate its social elements, and to establish its susceptibility in childhood to the influence of organized sport experience. Using prosocial behavior as one manifestation of evolved social character, the influence or organized sport was assessed in a field experiment with children from two elementary schools. Although the general assumption that “sport builds character” was not strongly supported or refuted in this investigation, some evidence, at least with males, showed that prosocial behavior may be inhibited by sport experience. Finally, implications were drawn for facilitating prosocial behavior in children's sports.

Measuring Psychological “Knowledge” by Means of Instructors' Test Manuals

1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Furnham ◽  
Charlotte Thompson ◽  
Bahman Baluch
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
The Third ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
New Students ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

American social psychology textbooks often provide instructors' manuals that include Multiple Choice Quizzes (MCQ's) used by researchers examining the extent to which “lay people” could predict the outcomes of psychological research and theories. This study examined the extent to which students could choose a correct answer from social psychology instructors' manuals without having attended a related course. Three different manuals were used to look at tests of 57, 46, and 36 items, chosen to avoid technical jargon, real names, and experimental details, as well as to cover the broad range of social psychology. Subjects in Study 1 (n = 98 life sciences students) and Study 3 (n = 100 new students) got over 50% of the answers correct (53% and 52%, respectively), while in Study 2 (n = 139 student applicants) they got 48% correct. Scores were unrelated to gender and age, and there was no clear relationship between knowledge and particular areas of social psychology (i.e., social influone, prosocial behavior, attitude change). In the first study, prior knowledge of psychology did not relate to total score, while in the second sample, students who attended lectures did score higher than those who did not. In the third study, subjects who reported reading books, or who had how on social psychology courses, did score marginally higher. Implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals No evidence for enhanced likeability and social motivation towards robots after synchrony experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Anna Henschel ◽  
Emily S. Cross
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Social Motivation ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Human Robot Interaction ◽  
Robot Interaction ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Drawing Task ◽  
Free Interaction ◽  
Interaction Period

Abstract A wealth of social psychology studies suggests that moving in synchrony with another person can positively influence their likeability and prosocial behavior towards them. Recently, human-robot interaction (HRI) researchers have started to develop real-time, adaptive synchronous movement algorithms for social robots. However, little is known how socially beneficial synchronous movements with a robot actually are. We predicted that moving in synchrony with a robot would improve its likeability and participants’ social motivation towards the robot, as measured by the number of questions asked during a free interaction period. Using a between-subjects design, we implemented the synchrony manipulation via a drawing task. Contrary to predictions, we found no evidence that participants who moved in synchrony with the robot rated it as more likeable or asked it more questions. By including validated behavioral and neural measures, future studies can generate a better and more objective estimation of synchrony’s effects on rapport with social robots.

Studies of Training Compassion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alea C. Skwara ◽  
Brandon G. King ◽  
Clifford D. Saron
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Prosocial Behavior ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Mechanisms Of Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Over Time

Recent years have seen a growth of interest in contemplative approaches to cultivating compassionate responses to suffering. This chapter draws on contemporary research from cognitive, affective, and social psychology to provide an introduction to the field of compassion training. We consider what constitutes compassion training and offer a summary of current meditation-based approaches. We then provide an overview of the empirical evidence for a relationship between compassion training and changes in socioemotional processes, prosocial behavior, and physiological stress responses to the perception of others’ suffering. We further address challenges in interpreting data from these studies, considering potential training-related mechanisms of change and how compassion-relevant processes might develop over time. Lastly, we conclude by outlining key theoretical challenges for future research.

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