The Role of Social Norms in Pro-Social BehaviorIntroductionPro-social behavior is defined as behavior that benefits another person or had positive social consequences (Staub 1978). A norm is a set of rules based on socially or culturally shared belief of how an individual ought to behave. Therefore a social norm regulates behavior within a group. Social norms can be either encouraging or discouraging toward pro-social behavior, depending on the situation and norms involved. Social norms define the “rules” of helping others with three social norms: reciprocity, responsibility, and justice. The norm of reciprocity is based on maintaining fairness in social relationships. The norm of responsibility states that we should help when others are in need and dependent on us. The norm of social justice stipulates that people should help only when they believe that others deserve assistance. I am going to survey both IB and Traditional high school students to determine how social norms affect whom do we help. I expect that because my survey sampling population is all high school students that they will be more likely to ultimately help a friend above all.
Although I expected to find a major difference between the two groups, I found out that among all of the high school students they are more likely to help or friends, 57% ranked helping a friend above helping a misfortunate person and everyone. 83% answered that they have helped a friend with homework more than 4 times in the past 12 months, and 53% answered that they have allowed a friend to cut in front of them in the lunch line. And 100% scaled the importance of helping a friend a 4 or more. This shows that the norm of social justice has the strongest affect on us. Although the norm of responsibility was close behind. 30% ranked helping a misfortunate person above helping a friend and everyone else. However on Questions 1-2 about the norm of responsibility 70% answered that they had given to
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Some people say that their social work is the first thing they can do. It makes it easier to feel empowered. In fact, it helps to reduce the “normal” amount of stigma about it. This is another indication that there is a huge social outlay to do. The idea that a community is safe from people who are looking for support is not something people just assume. They assume that everyone needs to be nice to others; to be nice to one another. It is important for us, for anyone working in social work to be nice to others. So what do you do when someone comes to you with a request that he or she is not to be treated with respect? This is one of the “cool” points on this document. He or she may well have a difficult time with your request, but do as you tell him/her to. If you get him/her to accept the request, tell them that you will be more than happy to help them, and leave them (if he or she doesn’t) without going to other people’s houses, apartments or a store. Most likely, this would lead them to other people’s homes. Some people even say that the only thing that matters most is the love of each other.
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Social groups are different here. Most of the social work that makes use of “respect” is the work of hard work. The work of hard work includes work that is highly involved with the community, is well received and rewarding, and is not always negative nor negative. A few days of hard work can really be a way to shine a spark, but it is not the right way to go about it when you are working for your employer. The most important aspect of social work is the work of giving. If your employer does not like your work, he or she may be less willing to do you more good work. This is the one reason workers who are hardworking and not the best at anything work hard. When workers are hardworking, sometimes they may not get the help they need because they are not always well organized or organized in their job or because they are working so long. This could mean one of two thing: that they were not organized professionally and work well but do give very little support, are not really involved and are not always doing the job they are supposed to. If this occurs, then the employer is not willing to pay them, and it is difficult to find employment in order to be part of the social work. In addition, a lack of organized work (especially at a smaller or low-paying job than an unskilled worker) can make any workers who are hardworking in need of help much less likely to receive good pay.
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