Whatever the intent was, it did benefit someone who was in need which is one way to look at this entire concept with a glass half full approach.

The helper doing an act of kindness purely to aid the wellbeing of another human being.

Is this subconscious? Are we ever really aware if it is genuine or not?

Idea I said above.

On a biological, evolutional standpoint, organisms tend to help those from their family in order to advance and help out their DNA lineage to later on generations. However, more relevant to our daily lives are people attempting to enhance their social image and look like people they are not really.

Are we bred to be used in these particular situation. Are our tasks contrived and already written down for us. If this is the case then why don't we go out of our way to help more often?

I think this plays a role is someone's willingness to help because if they are unsure of how to help or feel as though that their efforts would not help the situation they are less likely to help than someone more authorized.

This is seen all over from smaller to larger occasions. I remember one time I was taking a quiz and finished it quietly without paying attention to others, but once I was done I had realized that no one else had turned theirs in yet. I began to go over all my questions and take up more time. After doing this still no one had turned it in. We all just sat there making quick glances to each other and finally after much time had passed one boy stood up and turned it in and after that the entire rest of the class soon followed afterwards.

This really surprises me because if someone is just struggling on the street that is a lot less of a dangerous situation for your own safety than jumping into the train tracks to help someone. In that situation you are now putting yourself at risk in addition to the person who has already fallen.

That is disgusting. What has the world become? Social media and photographing such personal experiences for pure amusement deeply saddens me.

To be far it is easy for us to be like this and have an outraged reaction of these people failing to intervene, however if we were in those positions it would probably be a lot harder.

One of these questions may be why is no one else helping? The bystander effect plays a major role in ones ability/ willingness to help someone.

Where is the line between someone doing a genuine act of kindness or doing the act only to help out their reputation?

I am unsure if this is true. Yes, we have horrifying history to steer us away from certain authoritative figures. However, I think our society is still majorly blind to corruption occurring all over. I think we need to be informed on what is going on and be able to detect who are the good people in a crowd of harm.

This forceful attitude imposed authoritative ideals onto the subject, making them feel inferior and that they had to obey. This relates to the manipulative behavior of people authority positions forcing people under them to do negative actions without feeling guilty.

This is so saddening to me because I feel like more recently than ever people are disrespecting their rights of power and using their position to manipulate others. At a young age we are taught to put our trust in authority figures, but my trust has decreased exponentially recently which is really sad.

This is an example of an unfortunate "mimic how the group is acting" sort of situation. This is very relevant in high school as well. There are times where following what the crowd is a good thing (being quiet in a library), but there is also a bad time (drinking).

Group mentality. I have found with a particular guy group at my school that each boy individually is very kind, however once they are all together they get into this impenetrable group where they are mean and do not welcome any outsider's views. It is harder to show your concern against the mean comments with the more people you are fighting against.

I think this is a great question because I can almost assure that everyone reading this would be like omg I would not agree with those crazy people literally answering the wrong length that was very obvious. However, I think being that one subject would be a really tough position to be in. For example, in class sometimes I feel like there's something wrong with me because I strongly believe that the answer is one thing and my peers believe it is something else.

I think once we find people we are similar to and get along really well with that we begin to rub off on each other and gather traits from one another. Although we were not aware that we have developed similar characteristics to those around us, I do not think this type of conformity of mimicking is always a bad thing. I think it can help people feel more comfortable because they act similarly to those they are surrounded by.

I think this is kind of a double edged sword. This tactic can be hurtful when it is used to cloud your on judgment when you know something is wrong, yet you don't say anything because your scared of the group mentality of things. When everyone is saying one thing it is scary to go and voice the opposite stand point. In addition, you begin to question yourself and begin to think you're crazy! However, on the other hand I think learning information from others is a really great way to gain insight on topics you do not know/ are not familiar with.

I think this is very relevant in today's society. We conform to what other people view as the "right" or "cool" way to do things, so to go against those social norms is very uncommon. We are so caught up in what other people think about us and what people will think if we do certain things, which is super upsetting because I believe people should do things without the thought in the back of their mind regarding what others will think about them afterwards.

Although asian americans experience stereotype promise (flattering stereotypes) there are negative consequences because they feel a larger amount of pressure to always perform well. They might feel restricted to express how they really feel in a situation rather than seek out the help they need.

Reminds me of the interview with the school girl when she was asked about a girl that looked like her (white) she said she looked nice and was helping the african american girl. However, when the roles were reversed she believed the african american girl was stealing the white girl's money.

More needs to be done with having different groups interact with one another so these bias' are not prevalent.

Group mentality is hugely influential. One is more likely to act mean with a group because they are afraid of disagreeing, but if they were on their own they would most likely not act that way.

I think this now affects us today because we have subconscious thoughts that have been influenced by our past (ancestors).

implicit bias

This categorizing relates to implicit bias because you are making mental shortcuts by initially seeing someone and immediately putting them into a group due to associations.

Interesting that studies are focused on students, rather than population as a whole. Perhaps since that is a huge step in one's life (leaving home and pursuing academic interest somewhere), they are going through many changes and forced to figure out many things individually.

Interesting how leaving the laboratory seems to make it a lot more personal and less scientific

Necessary in order to receive accurate results

Important to make sure using same patients or else the data would be skewed.

I think it is important that if you are not liking the way you treat someone to fix that and work on creating a more positive bond that is respectable.

This seems almost fake. Like trying on a bunch of different characters until you feel like others like you and you like you. Being genuine is the most important thing to me and this feels kind of fake.

That is crazy. We all have such a long log of memories and experiences that will forever impact us.

Especially right now during the college process. We are all preparing to leave home and move to a new place and new school that we will be happy at.

This plays a huge role in today's society. Your reputation follows you everywhere and it is made up of all your past experiences.

This relates to what I wrote up above, stating that those who do not fit in tend to change themselves so they do. Unfortunately, instead of accepting who they are.

Do these involve social factors weighing in. Some people change themselves so they can be liked by others or so that they can be like someone they admire.

I am guessing through people they are close with, environment, and past experiences.

This third step finally involves yourself as a contributor in your destiny, whereas the first two steps seemed as though some other party was controlling you and your actions.