Exam 12: Helping

Aidan,a young social activist,fights for the cause of the poor people,and he stages many protests in their support.He writes to various government officials regarding the welfare measures for needy people.He works for the poor without accepting any benefits in return.According to the social-exchange theory,Aidan's act exemplifies ________ in this scenario.

Identify a true statement about gender differences in helping behavior.

In the context of internal rewards for doing good,there are a few consistent findings in psychology that ________ people are helpful people.

Mr.Lemming's neighbors mowed his lawn,but he was too sick and weak to reciprocate.We can predict that Mr.Lemming is likely to feel:

Katherine,her daughter,and some of Katherine's friends are boating in a river.Suddenly,their boat capsizes because of strong currents.Katherine is able to hold onto a log of wood,and she puts all efforts to save her daughter.She prioritizes her daughter's life over those of her friends.According to evolutionary psychology,which of the following is exemplified in this scenario?

When Darley and Batson (1973)staged an ambiguous emergency (a man slumped in a doorway)in front of seminary students,they found that:

Identify a true statement about the social-responsibility norm across various cultures.

Solomon and Solomon (1978)found that bystanders who ________ were more likely to offer aid to a sick person.

Ashley,an intelligent medical student,supports poor children in her neighborhood.She tutors them without accepting anything in return.According to the social-exchange theory,Ashley demonstrates ________ in this scenario.

According to Robert Putnam (2000),membership in ________ was most closely associated with other forms of civic involvement,like voting,jury service,community projects,and giving to charity.

From an evolutionary perspective,it would be most difficult to explain why:

Grace,a young housewife,understands the pain of her friend,Martha,who recently lost her husband.Grace does everything in her capacity to help Martha because she thinks that if she were in Martha's situation,Martha would have definitely helped.According to evolutionary psychology,Grace exhibits ________ in this scenario.

In a study by Latané and Rodin (1969),a female experimenter apparently fell and hurt her ankle.When pairs of strangers confronted the emergency,what percentage offered help?

According to sociologist Gouldner (1960),which of the following defines the reciprocity norm?

When Will sees other people crying,he cries too,and when he sees someone who is embarrassed,he feels embarrassed.Will would likely receive a high score on a measure of:

In an enactment of the Good Samaritan situation,Darley and Batson (1973)studied the helpfulness of Princeton seminarians in order to assess whether helping behavior was influenced by:

Hoffman (1981)reported that infants cry more when they hear another infant crying.This is an example of:

Our eagerness to do well after doing something bad reflects our need to:

Darley and Latané described a sequence of decisions a bystander must make before he or she will intervene in an emergency.Which of the following is NOT one of the specific steps?

Around the world,compared to nonreligious people,which of the following is true of highly religious people?