Has anyone considered using evil social media behaviors for good?

What if we piled on people, but like...with empowering words that raise the "victim" up? Like, positive dogpiling. Message after message just, like, "You're awesome!" "Yeah!" "Let's goooo!" 🤔

#ProsocialBehavior #DigitalEthics #KindnessCampaign #SocialMediaDynamics #Fediverse #WholesomeInternet

Discover how your personality traits influence your generosity. Are you naturally inclined to give? #PersonalityInsights #ProsocialBehavior #CommunityEngagement

https://geekoo.news/the-personality-puzzle-why-some-people-give-more-than-others/

TikTok’s cookie challenge: Why some children share and others don’t
#TikTok #TikTokTrend #CookieChallenge #ChildDevelopment #SharingIsCaring #ParentingTips #KidsAndFairness #Sharing #EarlyLearning #ProSocialBehavior #Children
https://the-14.com/tiktoks-cookie-challenge-why-some-children-share-and-others-dont/

🐭 Mice performing first aid? #Science says yes! When a fellow mouse passes out, others sniff, nudge, and even pull its tongue – seemingly trying to revive it.

What drives this? Transcendent altruism? Or maybe... mom’s meatballs? 🤔 Nope. #Oxytocin.

🔬 Read more: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq2677

Are we just biochemical puppets? Or should we start prescribing oxytocin to certain... empathy-challenged individuals?

#Neuroscience #Empathy #ProsocialBehavior #BrainChemistry #Altruism #RodentStudy

New psychology research shows self-beautifying can boost prosocial behavior — here’s why https://www.psypost.org/new-psychology-research-shows-self-beautifying-can-boost-prosocial-behavior-heres-why/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Psychology #SelfImprovement #ProsocialBehavior #MentalHealth #EthicalShopping

Reducing screen time boosts children’s mental health and prosocial behaviors, study finds https://www.psypost.org/reducing-screen-time-boosts-childrens-mental-health-and-prosocial-behaviors-study-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ScreenTime #MentalHealth #ChildDevelopment #ProsocialBehavior #DigitalWellness

Can kindness make you more beautiful? New psychology research says yes https://www.psypost.org/can-kindness-make-you-more-beautiful-new-psychology-research-says-yes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KindnessBeauty #PsychologyResearch #ProsocialBehavior #BeautyJudgments #SocialPerception

Archaeoethnologica: The Social Instinct - Book / O Instinto Social - Livro

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#Anthropology #biology #EvolutionaryAnthropology #cooperartioh #SocialInstinct #altruism #prosocialbehavior #Books #socialevolution

Archaeoethnologica: The Social Instinct - Book / O Instinto Social - Livro

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#Anthropology #biology #EvolutionaryAnthropology #cooperartioh #SocialInstinct #altruism #prosocialbehavior #Books #socialevolution

Archaeoethnologica: The Social Instinct - Book / O Instinto Social - Livro

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#Anthropology #biology #EvolutionaryAnthropology #cooperartioh #SocialInstinct #altruism #prosocialbehavior #Books #socialevolution

Archaeoethnologica: The Social Instinct - Book / O Instinto Social - Livro

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#Anthropology #biology #EvolutionaryAnthropology #cooperartioh #SocialInstinct #altruism #prosocialbehavior #Books #socialevolution

Archaeoethnologica: The Social Instinct - Book / O Instinto Social - Livro

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#Anthropology #biology #EvolutionaryAnthropology #cooperartioh #SocialInstinct #altruism #prosocialbehavior #Books #socialevolution

Archaeoethnologica: The Social Instinct - Book / O Instinto Social - Livro

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#Anthropology #biology #EvolutionaryAnthropology #cooperartioh #SocialInstinct #altruism #prosocialbehavior #Books #socialevolution

«Video games do harm!» shouts the angry mob of parents, teachers, and apparently pediatricians too. But is it true? As the Bard, Calvin's dad, Weight Watchers, and even Bon Jovi say: too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. 🧵👇

#VideoGames #MythBuster #Education #ProSocialBehavior #RolePlaying #GameAddiction #Science #PositiveImpact #HealthyGaming #GameStudies #Gamification #QualityOfLife #MediaEffects #DigitalWorld #ViolenceInGames #GameIndustry #MentalHealth #EduGames

Yes! I made it into the Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies! (at least as an author).

It gives an overview of different approaches to study Civil Courage. I hope it encourages scholars to deal with this in their teaching and to set up some good studies on this.

Practitioners and policy makers are in need for more scientific studies, to support and continue to improve the daily impact of their work (!).

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17125-3_192-1

#CivilCourage #ZivilCourage #MoralCourage #ProsocialBehavior

Prosocial behaviors are concerned with the rights, feelings and wellbeing of others.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201474

#prosocialbehavior #psychology