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Methods to Increase Prosocial Behavior in a College Social Life Atmosphere and Avoid the Bystander Effect

Aidan Finegan

an ignite-style talk for Dr. Erchull’s Social Psychology course
(Fall 2021)

Students were asked to “give psychology away” by educating an audience of their choice about an idea from social psychology that the group would benefit from understanding

References

Alegría-Flores, K., Raker, K., Pleasants, R., Weaver, M., & Weinberger, M. (2015). Preventing interpersonal violence on college campuses: The effect of one act training on bystander intervention. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1(24), 1-23.

Barrett, D. W. (2017). Social psychology: Core concepts and emerging trends. Sage.

Darley, J., Moskowitz, G., Garcia, S., & Weaver, K, (2002). Crowded minds: The implicit bystander effect. Journal of Personality. 844-853.

Hudson, J. & Bruckman, A. (2004). The bystander effect: A lens for understanding patterns of participation. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 15(2), 165-195. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1466904

Kleinsasser, A., Jouriles, E. N., McDonald, R., & Rosenfield, D. (2015). An online bystander intervention program for the prevention of sexual violence. Psychology of Violence, 5(3), 227–235. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037393

    Dr. Kolar
    3 Dec 2021
    7:38am

    Hi Aidan. Good talk on an important topic. I like that you talk about both the causes of the problem as well as potential solutions. At the beginning you focus on college students as your main audience. Are the programs/videos you suggest geared toward college students? Also, given all of the other things college students have going on, do you have any thoughts on how we can motivate them to participate in/watch the programs and take the important lessons away from them?

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    Destiny Corazzini
    5 Dec 2021
    12:00am

    Great job on your presentation Aidan! I especially liked that you chose to talk about the college age range, since this can be very prevalent amongst college students. This can definitely relate to abnormal through those who may suffer from anxiety, etc. I really enjoyed your use of visual aids and I loved to see how you incorporated some photos of the UMW campus as well!

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