Key Question - Social

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How can social psychology be used to explain heroism?

-a heroic act is brave, an act of kindness, someone places themselves at risk for another

-Heroic Imagination Project by Zimbardo states heroism has 4 key elements; voluntary, done to help people or community in need, involves some type of risk, done without any need for compensation 

-his foundation teaches individuals how to resist social forces that influence our behaviour negatively & to refocus our behaviour into positive social action

-suggests that being a hero isn't a unique quality but behaviour that anyone can display 

-universal human tendencies are automatic & can be useful but in challenging situations, we over-rely on them and make poor decisions - Milgram supports this as natural default behaviour was to obey the authority figure

-5 universal social tendencies; 1.) react automatically to things that we aren't paying attention to so we react in dangerous ways…

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