SOC 104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Santa Barbara City College, Homeless Shelter, Mass Suicide
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Self-concern and other-concern priorities sometimes go hand in hand. If we fall in love with someone else, it"s partly about getting in touch with someone else, but it"s also about self-concern falling in love makes us feel good about ourselves. And when we volunteer to support others in need, it"s partially to their benefit but also to us. When we support others we feel good. But at other moments, the self-concerned and other-concerned conflict goals. Imagine walking across the campus and you see a man with a knife threatening someone else. Throughout this book we will see many more examples of self-concern and other-concern motivations, both working together and working against one another. The social situation has powerful social influence: Generally, when people are asked to show the things they value most, they discuss their social situation that is, their relationships with others.
