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Crash Course Psychology #40: Aggression vs. Altruism

Fifteen social-psychology prompts connect intergroup conflict and aggression with altruism, the bystander effect, social exchange, and the social-responsibility norm.
Grades
Grades 7–12, Middle School, High School
Pages
2
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Zip

Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject
Social Studies, History, Psychology
Topic
crash course psychology, human behavior
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets

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What's inside this resource

Walk through the final episode of Crash Course's acclaimed Psychology series with this supplemental worksheet. Titled "Aggression vs Altruism," the product analyzes human behavior through the lens of conflict, examining seminal experiments like Robber's Cave. It prompts critical thinking on the roots of aggression, from genetics to biochemistry, while contrasting with theories behind altruism. Why do we help others? What sociological factors compel us to action?\n\nWith 15 discussion questions on key concepts, this printable worksheet is ideal for remote learning platforms. An answer key allows teachers to check responses. Use it to flip classrooms, facilitate group work, coordinate substitutes, and more. The analysis encourages students to see different facets of human nature at play.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain how shared goals changed intergroup conflict in the Robbers Cave study

  • Distinguish biological, learned, and frustration-based accounts of aggression

  • Relate the bystander effect to diffusion of responsibility

Teaching tips

  • Use the shared-goals prompt as the bridge between intergroup aggression and later helping behavior.

  • Compare social exchange with the social-responsibility norm after learners define the bystander effect.

Skills covered

  • Study interpretation — learners explain what conflict and emergency-helping experiments investigated.

  • Behavioral comparison — aggressive actions are contrasted with altruistic choices and social norms.

  • Causal reasoning — students connect group presence with diffusion of responsibility in the bystander effect.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Aggression

  • Altruism

  • Bystander effect

  • Social responsibility

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