Enhancing Student Altruism Using Secure Attachment Messages (SAM) in Lecture

Autor/inn/en	Campbell, Kelly; Ramos, Stephany
Titel	Enhancing Student Altruism Using Secure Attachment Messages (SAM) in Lecture
Quelle	In: Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 17 (2017) 4, S.95-103 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1527-9316
Schlagwörter	Altruism; Helping Relationship; Attachment Behavior; Lecture Method; Racial Bias; College Students; Probability; Student Behavior; Vignettes; Audience Response Systems; Hypothesis Testing; Ethnicity; Computer Software; Technology Uses in Education; Scores; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Helfende Beziehung; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Collegestudent; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Ethnizität; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Telekommunikationstechnik; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	In this brief report, we examine whether students' (N = 230) willingness to help individuals in distress (altruism) would be augmented after viewing Secure Attachment Messages (SAM) during lecture in a college racism course. Students were presented with SAM in alternating weeks as part of the PowerPoint presentation slides. In each of the weeks, their likelihood of engaging in altruistic behaviors was assessed using hypothetical scenarios and a student response system, Top Hat Monocle. We predicted that the SAM would prompt students to think of their attachment figures and enhance their feelings of security, which would increase their willingness to engage in altruistic behaviors. Our hypothesis was statistically supported in that students reported greater altruism towards individuals of various ethnic backgrounds on days for which SAM were shown in lecture. The results suggest that SAM may promote prosocial tendencies, particularly in courses with sensitive subject matter. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01