IB Psychology/Options/Psychology of human relations/Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility

Social responsibility (SR) outcomes investigate our duty to perform so as to maintain a balanced relationship among individuals and groups.

There are four social responsibility outcomes:

• SR1: Distinguish between altruism and prosocial behaviour.
• SR2: Contrast two theories explaining altruism in humans.
• SR3: Using one or more research studies, explain cross-cultural differences in prosocial behaviour.
• SR4: Examine factors influencing bystanderism.

Note that any example responses are not necessarily worth full marks, but exist simply to provide an idea of how an example looks.

SR1

Distinguish between altruism and prosocial behaviour

SR2

Contrast two theories explaining altruism in humans

SR3

Using one or more research studies, explain cross-cultural differences in prosocial behaviour

SR4

Examine factors influencing bystanderism

This question was last asked in the November paper in 2014.