Question

Explain the concept of reciprocal determinism and how it relates to both negative and prosocial behaviors found on television.

Answer 1

Answer:

Reciprocal determinism states that behavior is made up of three major factor that influences any behaviour, which are; The environment, the individual, and the bahavior it's self. It went further to states that an individual behavior influences and is influenced by both the social world and personal characteristics. Behavior is determined by the individual, through his choice of life style, and by the environment, through external social culture.

HOW IT RELATES TO NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR:

Negative bahavior are those behavior that are not socially acceptable. it relates that people who behaves badly may have had some eternal condition that prompt the behavior in them. For instance an individual how grows up where smokers stays, is likely to become a smoker, because he grew up among smokers (the environmental factor), he may have inhaled the smoke many times (the individual factor), So it tends not to be a new life style to him (the behavior it's self).

HOW IT RELATE TO PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR FOUND ON TELEVISION:

Prosocial behavior are those behavior that teaches us good moral, and how to be helpful to the society. Because we are influenced by the environment, and the behavior or lifestyle we often see around us. The television is part of our environment, which shows many prosocial behavior. We can easily be influenced through that if we watch such characters in the television always. For instance when you like watching Bollywood movies, you will automatically loves Indian songs. Because the movie always shows their songs .