...Altruism in Society Outline R. Batman, C. Britt, E. Cooksey, A. Klemundt, J. Roberts, S. Thurman PSY/400 June 22, 2015 Professor Dr. Adrian Fletcher Outline Week 4 Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation Introduction – Emily Cooksey Child abuse is an epidemic that not only affects the child enduring the abuse, but also can set the stage for devastation to the society the child grows up in. Physical abuse can leave scars that are visible, but what about the scars that cannot be seen by the naked eye, the emotional scars that remain can be far more damaging. When a child grows up feeling unsafe and untrusting of adults, they are on a dangerous path that could turn them into unsafe and possibly abusive adults. It is our hope, through vigorously campaigning and the elements of persuasion we can alleviate the hardships that child abuse cause, on both the child and society. Understanding the importance of prevention and intervention, it is our mission to bring awareness as well as reform. Bullet 1- Savannah Thurman Discuss the nature and history of your issue: I. What is Child Abuse? A. Classic Signs 1. Physical State of Child 2. Emotional State of child II. History of child Abuse in the United States? 1. Reported child abuse cases from 1990-2000 vs 2000-2010 2. Intervention that caused the change in numbers Bullet 2 – Jessica Roberts Effects of Child Abuse on Society A. Children need...
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...Altruism & Society Campaign - Child Abuse The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) defines child abuse and neglect as, at minimum: “Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm” (Childwelfare, 2008, pg. 3).The number of confirmed reports of child abuse in 2005 is 899,000 (U.S. Department, 2007). In 2005, 12 children out of every 1,000 children up to age 18 in the United States was a victim of some form of maltreatment or abuse. Child abuse falls into six categories, some that are more self-evident such as physical abuse that leaves marks on the outside of the body and others, such as emotional, which leaves no mark save the one on the child’s heart and mind. The various forms of maltreatment for 2005 fall into the following categories: Neglect 62.8% Physical Abuse 16.6% Sexual Abuse 9.3% Emotional/psychological 7.1% Medical Neglect 2.0% Other 14.3% The listed percentages equal over 100% as children are not always the victim of just one category; regrettably, children may be the victim of both physical and emotional abuse. Studies into the cycle of abuse has shown that a person abused as a child becoming abusive as an adult, reveals “about one-third of people who are abused in childhood will become abusers themselves” ((NYTimes, 1989, pg. 1). Research...
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...Altruism in Society Campaign about Child Abuse Alexzandrea Burke-wimberly, Amanda Wylie, Rebecca Smith, Jackie Wyrick PSY-400 November 12, 2011 Leslie Binnix University of Phoenix Altruism in Society Campaign about Child Abuse Introduction The Nature and History of Child Abuse Child abuse has been around and thrived all throughout our history, in all cultures and ethnic backgrounds, in all its forms. Historically there were two human rights that are the core reasons for child abuse. The two rights were the right to own property, and the right to own children. Throughout all ages of history children were considered to be property. Parents had an unrestricted authority to do to a child whatever was deemed necessary. In most cases it was the father that made all the disciplinary decisions (deMause, 1998). In ancient Rome, fathers were given total authority over their children. If the father chose he could sell, kill, maim, sacrifice or otherwise do with his child as he saw fit. Generally, the father would have used this right if the child was born deformed, weak, disabled, or in any way different than was considered the norm. In these types of cases, it was not unusual for a Roman father to declare the child unfit to live. In spite of the fact that society frowned upon sexual abuse of children historically it still occurred within families (deMause, 1998). Child labor was also common through out history. In England and America it was common for children as young...
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...Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation Demetrius Gaskin PSY/400 March 16, 2015 Richard Daigneault Altruism in Society Campaign and Presentation Two Elements of Persuasion communicating information to the public about domestic violence is obtainable in a variety of ways; to provide assistance to those involved in domestic violence; past, present, and future. How the message is interpreted is of the utmost of importance. In most cases, the art of persuasion can influence emotions in domestic violence, but it will also play a vital role in a successful campaign. Altruistic behavior helps maintain an environment of concern and helpfulness. Television and radio commercials will have people who care about a cause which can readily spread a wealth of information to the public actually. Non-profit corporations have individuals who are advocates of domestic violence and can create informative ways of reaching out to children by way of schools asking them if "members of the family" are upset at one another. Non-profit corporations can begin to display pictures, videos, and movies of individuals who have been abused by domestic violence. Case managers and social workers will be provided to ensure confidentiality. Not only is this information aided by children, but adults who care and just want to be a part of something that combats an evil will participate. Communities will be asked to participate also, a sufficient amount of persuasion will be used. There are families...
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...Altruism in Society University of Phoenix PSY 400 Altruism in Society Child abuse is more than cuts and bruises. Abuse also involves emotional abuse and child neglect. Along with the physical scars left behind by an abusive parent or individual, a child abused physically and emotionally will have long-lasting emotional scars. Out of the thousands of child abuse cases reported each year, more than half of these victims were age one and under. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention reported more than half of abused children are girls. Child neglect cases accounted for about 30% of child deaths and more than half of those fatalities were children under age four ("Child Maltreatment," 2010). Of the child abuse cases reported, more than 70% were cases of child neglect, 15% were cases of physical abuse, 10% were sexual abuse cases, and 10% were cases of mental abuse ("Child Maltreatment," 2010). History and Nature of Child Abuse The history of Child Protection in America generally divides into three separate eras: Colonial times until 1875, 1875 until 1962, and 1962 until modern day (Myers, 2008). The second era of child protection was the awakening and growth through nongovernmental societies, whereas the third era established itself as the era of government sponsored Child Protective Services (CPS) (Myers, 2008). Before the sweep of nongovernmental CPS in 1875, attempts to intervene in situations of abused children were sporadic (Myers, 2008). The New York...
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...Outline one or more explanations of media influence on pro-social behaviour and discuss research support Pro social behaviour is when the acts are intended to benefit others. This is usually seen in fundraising campaigns whereas anti social behaviour is usually seen on the news. The social learning theory explains this by learning through media as indirect reinforcement; the media portrays pro-social behaviour as if you see people helping charities then you become aroused to do the same. Hearold in 1987 completed a meta analysis of over 1000 studies seeing the effect of TV on behaviour. Overall he found pro-social to be more effective than anti-social in effecting people. This study is recognised due to the large amount of studies it used so can be generalised to a lot of different places around the world. However, making a conclusion from this many studies is difficult to operate. Another explanation of the media influence is exposure to the pro-social messages. Children watching TV are exposed to a large number of pro-social acts. An early content analysis of US broadcasting found that on average there were 11 altruistic acts and 6 sympathetic behaviours per programming (Skrafkin 1075). However these acts are frequently appeared in the context of anti-social behaviour. From this we can conclude that studies continue to demonstrate pro-social content on TV is clearly as evident as anti-social behaviour. Howard and Roberts 2002 studied toddlers from the age of 14 months watching...
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...the threat of facilitated entry for terrorist groups disguised as asylum seekers. As well as how the massive influx of migrants will further affect their standard of living and the relative depravity with the impending strain on the economy and resources. Social psychologists have theorized over the different behavioural response’ and attitudes of migration on receiving countries, with four main inter-connected concepts applicable to European communities involved in the humanitarian crisis of 2015: the dynamics of in-group/out-group processes and prejudice from unwelcoming communities to pro-social behavior and altruism shown by welcoming sectors of society. A major field of psychology is how people define themselves and others, categorising in terms of societal groups. The nature of in-group and out-group distinctions can be applied to so many situations, with societies’ majority or what is intrinsic being the in-group and minority the out-group, with negative associations and illusory correlations commonly attributed to the out-group. Tajifel’s social identity...
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...Altruism Society: Domestic Violence Team A Melissa Bunyard, Samantha Lewis, Sheryll Wilson, and Sonia Herrera PSY 400 February 24, 2013 Robin Harris Altruism in Society: Domestic Violence Domestic violence can take many forms and is defined as physical or emotional abuse behaviors used by one person in a relationship to control another (Domestic Violence, 2009). Domestic violence is not just an issue that women have to worry about, as it affects all types of relationships – married couples, unmarried couples, heterosexuals, gay, lesbian, and even those who are just casually dating. Name calling, keeping a partner from contacting their family, sexual assault, stalking, and intimidation are just a few of many forms of domestic violence. Although both men and women can become victims, not more often than, it is women who suffer from this type of violence (Domestic Violence, 2009). Discussed within this paper will be the effects of domestic violence on society, motivations on altruistic behavior and how intervention, and prevention will affect society and individuals. History of Domestic Violence Domestic violence became a more prominent issue during the women’s rights movement of the 1970’s (Moser, 2007). Shortly after the first women’s shelter opened in 1974, hundreds...
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...business are ethically right to ignore their responsibility and integrity in the pursuit of self interests and benefits, which could impose potential damages and losses to customers or other related stakeholders. Businesses have evolved into many distinctive forms, but for all of them the goal to maximise their profit is nevertheless in common. This everlasting aim of business is more or less in line with ethical egoism theory that ‘it is necessary and sufficient for an action to be morally right that it maximises one's self-interest’ (The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, 2010). According to this theory, the spa owners’ irresponsible and dishonest act was ethically correct and should be encouraged. Contrastingly, in the view of Ethical Altruism, such act is definitely unethical as it states ‘only actions having for their object the happiness of others possess a moral value’ (Catholic Encyclopaedia). The spa owners apparently did not sacrifice for its stakeholders such as customers. Besides, a more popular and convincing ethical theory, Utilitarianism also renders such act immoral. Utilitarianism aims to achieve ‘greatest good for the greatest number of people’ (Jeremy Bentham), by which a business can be ethically correct only if the...
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...University of Minnesota University of New Mexico Bram Van den Bergh Rotterdam School of Management Why do people purchase proenvironmental “green” products? We argue that buying such products can be construed as altruistic, since green products often cost more and are of lower quality than their conventional counterparts, but green goods benefit the environment for everyone. Because biologists have observed that altruism might function as a “costly signal” associated with status, we examined in 3 experiments how status motives influenced desire for green products. Activating status motives led people to choose green products over more luxurious nongreen products. Supporting the notion that altruism signals one’s willingness and ability to incur costs for others’ benefit, status motives increased desire for green products when shopping in public (but not private) and when green products cost more (but not less) than nongreen products. Findings suggest that status competition can be used to promote proenvironmental behavior. Keywords: altruism, environmental conservation, costly signaling, status competition, consumer behavior ported that the number one reason for purchasing the car is because it “makes a statement about me.” What statement does the Prius make? “It shows the world that its owner cares” (Maynard, 2007). At first blush it may seem puzzling why individuals would pay a premium to forgo luxury or comfort for the sake of displaying that they care...
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...Altruism 1) Lady Gaga * After Japan’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake in March 2011, Lady Gaga designed charitable bracelets to raise money for relief disaster. The “We Pray for Japan” bracelets raised $250,000 in just 48 hours, and two weeks later another $1.5 million was donated for the cause. * On January 24th, Gaga did a performance in NYC and used all the proceeds as well as earnings form her online store during a special sales event, to donate to Haiti. This raised nearly $500,000 for earthquake relief. * Gaga wanted to increase her reputable image. With the NYC concert part of her tour, she only chose to take proceeds from one of the many shows and donate. Also her wristband proceeds were nothing more then using her fame to raise money. 2) Brad Pitt * After Hurricane Katrina, Pitt founded an organization; “Make It Right Foundation” which built 150 affordable homes for people in New Orleans that are all environmentally friendly. During these efforts he raised nearly $5 million and received an award from the US Green (environment friendly) Building Council. * Although Pitt brought much relief to New Orleans during a time of need, building “affordable” homes still means that at some point builders were making a net profit on these new structures. At the same time they were gaining recognition, which could promote future business. 3) Mark Wahlberg * Wahlberg’s Youth Foundation has donated over $1 million to Boys & Girls clubs...
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...fallacy. There’s only so much room at the top. In order to make money, first you have to take it from someone else. This can be done through selling things, taxation or any other means. But this means that the rich cannot exist without the poor. Any way you look at it, there’s never going to be equality under capitalism. 9 Waste In a society where resources are not evenly distributed, there is always going to be the wealthy who have an excess of resources. While occasionally these resources are given to the poor, often this excess is wasted. Millions of dollars worth of food is wasted by those who have more than they need, while there are many others who desperately need it. 8 Starvation Of course, if some have an excess of the resources in society, there are others who do not have enough. In Third World countries, many are starving because they cannot afford to feed themselves, while those in Western countries fatten themselves with an excess of food, and waste the rest of it. There is enough food in the world to feed the entire world population. 7 Anti-Social Under a capitalist system, the profit motive is far greater than altruism. If people are worried about what’s in their own pocket, they will avoid helping their fellow human beings because they’re concentrating on...
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...and it replied, “Look around you, here is the earth that we have created. It has shape and substance, direction and time, a beginning and an end. But there is no life upon it. We see no joyful moment. We hear no joyful sound. What is life without sound and movement? So, you have been given the power to help us create this life. You have been given the knowledge, the wisdom, and the love to bless all the beings you create. This is why you are here.” After the creator told the spider woman this, it gave her disciples to help keep the world in order. She told these disciples to go off and help her rule over all the people of the new earth (Hobi). Politicians are supposed to represent the people, they are here to bless all things and better society, just like the spider woman and her disciples. In Montana, women have had major roles in political issues since the beginning. During the 1880s women were starting to gain more access to political positions in Montana. On March 8, 1883 legislature passed a law allowing women to hold office in the county school superintendent. A year later Adda Hamilton was elected Gallatin County Superintendent of Schools. Her opponent was so upset that a woman would dare go against him he ended up calling her names during an election speech and basically handed her the position. At the end of the eighties a women, Ella Knowles Haskell, was the first woman admitted to the Montana bar. About 15 years later, after working her way up the legal political...
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...“culture war” attitudes? Haidt’s five moral foundations can be grouped into two separate foundations; individualizing foundations and binding foundations. Individualizing foundations include; harm/care and fairness/reciprocity. When searching for the best candidate foundations Haidt and Joseph looked for cases of moral concerns which existed across cultures which could be valid explanations of psychological mechanisms. Haidt referenced Trivers in saying “The widespread human obsession with fairness, reciprocity, and justice fits well with evolutionary writings about reciprocal altruism” and also...
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...Cedric Kouamou English 200, 1994 Dr. England 9 April 2015 The Invisible Force The Psychological Drive to Give Charities have become a prominent form of giving in our society, but what drives us towards these mediums of exchange? Is it for our own satisfaction? Peer pressure? Guilt? My research shows that the conscious state of an individual plays the most important role when engaging in donating, it serves as the pendulum which is pushed by outside forces into contributing to charities. My definition of charitable giving is donating and allocating a portion of your assets for an underprivileged group of individuals with the intentions to better their lives. By assets I do not only mean money, I also mean any valued resources such as time and knowledge that can greatly enhance another individuals living standards. Participating in charities has an array of advantages, from the uplifting feeling it brings to the donator, to the benefits received by those in need, it serves as a mediator of joy and happiness for all those involved. Most of my research shows that the majority of disadvantages with charity stems from the consciousness of an individual, as noted earlier; if a person is not in the right state of mind, he or she will be liable to falling prey to countless scams and pressured donations. Fortunately, there are several solutions available in order to quell these fears, such as researching the charity beforehand, tracking what kind of impact your donations makes,...
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