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Reactions to Random Acts of Kindness

ISSN: 0362-3319.
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Oleh : KIM BASKERVILLE, KEVIN JOHNSON, ELIZABETH MONK-TURNER, QUITA SLONE, HELEN STANDLEY, SHANNON STANSBURY, MIRTA WILLIAMS and JAMIE YOUNG, Old Dominion University
Dibuat : 2012-06-19, dengan 1 file

Keyword : Reactions to Random Acts of Kindness
Subjek : Reactions to Random Acts of Kindness
Sumber pengambilan dokumen : Internet

Rarely does one turn on the television or read in a newspaper about people performing acts


of kindness for strangers. Rather, we are plagued with stories of murder, burglary, and


other crimes that leave us thinking the world is simply not a nice place in which to live.


Strains of contemporary economic and criminological theory rest on the idea that indi-viduals act to maximize their own interests even at the expense of others. Still, we know


that there are some individuals who are likely to assist others without receiving compensation


or a reward for their kindness. We define a random act of kindness as a something


one does for an unknown other that they hope will benefit that individual. Examples of


acts of kindness include: paying a toll for the next driver, putting money in a parking meter


for someone one does not know after the meter expires, or giving a stranger a flower.


Kohn (1990) and McGarry (1986) believe that individuals are more likely to aid


strangers if, as children, they witnessed their own parents and other significant adults


setting an example of human kindness. Children observe those around them and learn how


to be human. If children regard adult behavior as indifferent to the suffering of others, then


they are not likely to reach out themselves (see McGarry, 1986).

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