Discussion the below:
By-stander behavior is an important topic within the study of prosocial (helping) behavior, and we will start our discussion by applying the well-known and respected by-stander research of Latane and Darley to this scenario:
It is a rainy and moonless night, and as you drive along a dark and slick road, you come upon a car that has slid off the road into the ditch. A woman is standing outside the car waving frantically. According to the Latane and Darley model, what would happen next now that you have noticed the woman?
In Chapter (Conflict and Peacemaking), Myers starts his coverage of what causes conflict by examining social dilemmas. What are the characteristics of a social dilemma?
Why do we pursue technologies, such as those associated with virtual reality? Going back to one of our definitions of technology, what problem are we trying to solve? What are the risks associated with these technologies?
What are the ethical questions raised by cloning? Is there any moral difference between applying genetic engineering technologies to humans and applying them to animals and plants? What role should governments play in making policies regarding ethical issues?
In this course, we talk quite a bit about one's career. That said, no matter your choice you have to have the courage to follow that path. Discuss how one can summon the courage to follow their hopes in dreams in life, and also overcome their fear of failure in order to reach their potentials.
Webliography Assignment
Global Warming
This assignment is worth up to 60 points and involves researching and writing an entry for the Webliography section of our course. The assignment references TCO 6 as is applies to a controversial topic.
Your task in this assignment is to use the Internet to find an article about the social dilemma of global warming, approaching it from the perspective of a two-sided debate that has the potential to end up in a stalemate that threatens all mankind that has been described as the Tragedy of the Commons.
Process:
1. Read Myer's (2009) on the Tragedy of the Commons
2. Using the Internet locate a relevant article about global warming
3. Compose a summary of the contents of the article that includes the following information:
a. A brief description of the contents of the article
b. A description of least two specific examples from the article
c. Your evaluation of how a reader could use this information (for what purposes)
4. Prepare your article for Webliography using one of the following processes:
a. write your descriptive text as a Word document that you copy and paste into Webliography OR
b. type your descriptive text straight into Webliography
5. To add your entry to Webliography, use this process:
a. click on Webliography in the gray/white bar in the blue space at the top of the course website - it is the last component on the right side
of the bar
b. click on "Add New Entry"
c. type in the title of your entry and the URL
d. add your text
e. click on "Add Entry"
Expectations:
• Your entry must have a working URL that goes directly to the article and does not require drilling down (navigating) through layers of a website
• Do not use an article that triggers advertising
• A Webliography entry on this subject that is sufficiently informative requires at least 200 words
Your entry is free of spelling and grammatical errors