![]() We identify modules of the networks and categorize the associations based on their topological positions in the association networks. ![]() The present study maps the social representations of Hero and Everyday Hero in Hungary by representing them as networks constructed from free associations. This approach is capable of finding patterns in the connections among elements in social representations. ![]() To broaden previous analyses on heroism, we apply network theory. have applied versatile methodologies on comprehensive samples to converge heroism into a scientific concept. Social psychology has relatively few empirical studies on heroism. There was no additional funding received for this study.Ĭompeting interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The third author (GO) was supported by the Hungarian Research Fund (NKFI PD 106027, 116686) and Momentum (0183-13 502) during the period of time he was working on this study. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.įunding: Györgyi Orosz gave a personal donation for data gathering 500 USD. Received: JAccepted: JPublished: August 15, 2016Ĭopyright: © 2016 Keczer et al. PLoS ONE 11(8):Įditor: Attila Gursoy, Koc Universitesi, TURKEY While heroism in general can be the source of inspiration, the promotion of everyday heroism can be more successful in encouraging ordinary people to recognize their own potential for heroic behavior.Ĭitation: Keczer Z, File B, Orosz G, Zimbardo PG (2016) Social Representations of Hero and Everyday Hero: A Network Study from Representative Samples. The structures of these networks show a moderate similarity and the connections are more balanced in case of Everyday Hero. We also created networks from the common associations of Hero and Everyday Hero. The network of Everyday Hero is divided into five units and the significance moves from abstract hero characteristics to concrete social roles and occupations exhibiting pro-social values. The results show that the social representation of Hero is more centralized and it cannot be divided into smaller units. We constructed two networks from these word associations. Therefore, we examined the social representations of Hero and Everyday Hero by collecting word associations from two separate representative samples in Hungary. At this stage, inductive methods can shed light on its main aspects. The psychological investigation of heroism is relatively new.
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