Briefly describe the different ways in which emotions can improve or hinder judgments, decision-making, and performance.

MAIN TEXT
Book
Baumeister, R.F. & Bushman, B.J. (2021). Social psychology and human
nature. (5th). Cengage.
The entire assignment must be 6 pages total plus a title and
reference page.

1. Briefly describe the different ways in which
emotions can improve or hinder judgments, decision-making, and performance.
When and why are they helpful and when and why are they harmful?

2. Much research suggests that people’s attitudes are not predictive of
their behaviors. However, in some cases, people’s attitudes ARE highly
predictive of their behaviors. Identify at least three factors that increase
attitude-behavior consistency.

3. Identify some of the individual and situational factors that make
people more or less likely to help others. Who helps the most, and in what
cases (whom) are they especially likely to help?

4. Briefly discuss gender differences in helping behavior. Are men and
women different in terms of their overall levels of empathy, the degree to
which they render help to others, or the kinds of situations in which they
help?

5. Briefly explain the differences between antisocial behavior,
aggression, and violence, as defined in the textbook. Then explain the
distinction between hostile aggression and instrumental aggression and give
an original example [not in the text] of each.

6. Identify five different factors (person-level factors or
situation-level factors) that contribute to aggression, and briefly discuss
when and how they tend to exert influence.

Assignment should be 6
pages total plus a title and reference page

Activity Outcomes
Examine the impact of social factors on
behavior.

PLEASE REFERENCE THE MAIN TEXT IN EACH RESPONSE.
An Additional reference may be also used for each response. Must
be evidence based and within the last 5 years. 2016 to 2021.

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