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Effect Of Gender And Locality Of Altruistic Behavior Among Adults
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We mentioned that altruism is often selfish motivated, specifically, we
may help other people for two major selfish reasons:
1. We want to avoid the personal pain of seeing someone suffer or else the guilt of not helping someone in distress.
2. We want to share vicariously the joy that someone feels when his or her life improves.
Notice,
then that these reasons represent two different kinds selfishness, the
first avoids personal pain and the second seeks out personal pleasure.
Batson primary contribution is the research in altruism is that he has
demonstrated how people can be altruistic when their empathy is roused,
even when neither the “avoiding personal pain†nor the “seeking
vicarious joy hypothesis can operate.â€
Altruistic people were likely
to come from families who encourage their children to think how their
own action would have consequences for other people. This focus seems
likely to encourage compassion. The parents themselves also served as
model of altruistic behaviors. They encourage their children to ignore
social class, race, and religion in choosing their friends. As a result,
these same children grew into adult who could appreciate the
similarities that bind all humans to one another. They are less likely
to emphasize the kind of boundaries that separate “as†from “themâ€
Finally,
it is obvious that we can be altruistic for a variety of reasons, we
can be altruistic because we want to avoid personal pain and guilty, we
are sometimes be altruistic because we want to experience vicarious joy.
However, we can also be altruistic when neither of these more selfish
rationales is relevant. Instead we help other people because we feel a
bond with them. Our empathy is aroused, we want to reduce their distress
and improve their lives.
In view of the above, the researcher want
to investigate whether such factors like gender and locality will affect
altruistic behavior among adults.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The aims of this study are as follows!
To determine whether gender will significantly influence altruistic behavior among Adults.
To determine whether locality will significantly influence altruistic behavior among Adults.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Often
times, it perturbs me why we should not be our brothers keeper.
However, I noticed that some individuals find it difficult to render
help to others while very few see it as a way of life. Whenever I travel
to the village, I noticed high degree of love from rural dwellers which
I find difficult to see in the Urban areas. This gives me worry in
addition to this, there is always an argument that males renders
prosocial help more than female. In other to give answers to this
opinion and also to know how much we help ourselves, the present study
was born. It came to the pick when I asked why people find it difficult
to help strangers, accident victims etc.
Therefore, the following problems would be addressed in this study.
Will gender significantly influence altruistic behavior among Adults?
Will locality significantly influence altruistic behavior among Adults.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study investigated gender and locality on altruistic behavior among adults. A total of 100 participants comprising 50 males (25 rural and 25 urban), 50 females (25 rural and 25 urban) were used. The participants who were within the age range of 25-55 years has a mean age of 41 years. A 15 tem questionnaire designed to measure-altruistic behavior was used. A 2 x 2 factorial design was adopted based on 2 levels of gender as factor; male/female, and 2 level of locality as a factor; Rural/Urb ... Continue reading---
