Question 1

The authors of your text explain that there are three main motives for helping others. They are

Accepted Answer

A)  evolutionary, kinship selection, and cognitive dissonance. 
B)  evolutionary, cognitive dissonance, and empathy-altruism. 
C)  evolutionary, empathy-altruism, and social exchange. 
D)  empathy-altruism, social exchange, and cognitive dissonance. 
A)  evolutionary, kinship selection, and cognitive dissonance. 
B)  evolutionary, cognitive dissonance, and empathy-altruism. 
C)  evolutionary, empathy-altruism, and social exchange. 
D)  empathy-altruism, social exchange, and cognitive dissonance.

Question 2

Receiving help can lower a person's self-esteem when the

Accepted Answer

A)  helper's demonstration of superior skill leads the recipient to feel incompetent. 
B)  recipient is worried about repaying the favor in the future. 
C)  helper is of a different gender than the recipient. 
D)  helper is supportive and concerned. 
A)  helper's demonstration of superior skill leads the recipient to feel incompetent. 
B)  recipient is worried about repaying the favor in the future. 
C)  helper is of a different gender than the recipient. 
D)  helper is supportive and concerned.

Question 3

________ refers to the desire to help another person, even if such help involves cost to the helper.

Accepted Answer

A)  Prosocial behavior 
B)  Altruism 
C)  Empathy 
D)  Reciprocity 
A)  Prosocial behavior 
B)  Altruism 
C)  Empathy 
D)  Reciprocity

Question 4

Researchers tested the hypothesis that rates of helping strangers would be higher in countries that valued simpatía. They staged helping incidents in twenty-three large cities and observed whether or not people helped. These researchers found

Accepted Answer

A)  helping was dramatically higher in those countries that valued simpatía. 
B)  helping tended to be higher in those countries that valued simpatía, but was also high in some countries where this was not a value. 
C)  no difference in this study, because the helping examined was of strangers rather than of in-group members. 
D)  no differences in this study, because they examined helping in an urban rather than in a rural setting. 
A)  helping was dramatically higher in those countries that valued simpatía. 
B)  helping tended to be higher in those countries that valued simpatía, but was also high in some countries where this was not a value. 
C)  no difference in this study, because the helping examined was of strangers rather than of in-group members. 
D)  no differences in this study, because they examined helping in an urban rather than in a rural setting.

Question 5

Even if it is clear that a person needs help, that you are the person responsible to help, and that you know how to help, you might still decide not to help. Reasons that people do not help in such cases include all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  the situation isn't an emergency, and the Latané and Darley model isn't applicable. 
B)  people fear that they might make fools of themselves if they help. 
C)  the cost of administering help might be too high. 
D)  people fear that they might make things worse if they try to help. 
A)  the situation isn't an emergency, and the Latané and Darley model isn't applicable. 
B)  people fear that they might make fools of themselves if they help. 
C)  the cost of administering help might be too high. 
D)  people fear that they might make things worse if they try to help.

Question 6

If you were an employer who wanted to increase volunteerism among your employees, what strategy would you employ in order to increase the chances that the employees would continue to volunteer in the future?

Accepted Answer

A)  Make volunteerism of some sort a requirement for promotion. 
B)  Make volunteerism to a specific organization required. 
C)  Encourage volunteerism while preserving employees' free choice to volunteer or not. 
D)  Make no mention of the value of volunteerism whatsoever. 
A)  Make volunteerism of some sort a requirement for promotion. 
B)  Make volunteerism to a specific organization required. 
C)  Encourage volunteerism while preserving employees' free choice to volunteer or not. 
D)  Make no mention of the value of volunteerism whatsoever.

Question 7

According to Latané and Darley (1970), a number of things must occur before witnesses decide to intervene in an emergency situation. According to this stage model, diffusion of responsibility is most likely to affect witnesses'

Accepted Answer

A)  attention to their surroundings. 
B)  interpretation of an event as an emergency. 
C)  sense of obligation to intervene. 
D)  assessments of the costs and benefits of intervening. 
A)  attention to their surroundings. 
B)  interpretation of an event as an emergency. 
C)  sense of obligation to intervene. 
D)  assessments of the costs and benefits of intervening.

Question 8

Helga stops and helps Bjorn change a flat tire along the road because she figures that one day she'll need help and someone will return the favor. This best illustrates the idea of

Accepted Answer

A)  paying it forward. 
B)  reciprocity. 
C)  karmic law. 
D)  evolution. 
A)  paying it forward. 
B)  reciprocity. 
C)  karmic law. 
D)  evolution.

Question 9

There is a(n) ________ correlation between the length of time a person has lived in the same place and the likelihood that he or she will help in the community.

Accepted Answer

A)  zero 
B)  negative 
C)  positive 
D)  unreliable 
A)  zero 
B)  negative 
C)  positive 
D)  unreliable

The authors of your text explain that there are three main motives for helping others. They are

Receiving help can lower a person's self-esteem when the

________ refers to the desire to help another person, even if such help involves cost to the helper.

Researchers tested the hypothesis that rates of helping strangers would be higher in countries that valued simpatía. They staged helping incidents in twenty-three large cities and observed whether or not people helped. These researchers found

Even if it is clear that a person needs help, that you are the person responsible to help, and that you know how to help, you might still decide not to help. Reasons that people do not help in such cases include all of the following except

If you were an employer who wanted to increase volunteerism among your employees, what strategy would you employ in order to increase the chances that the employees would continue to volunteer in the future?

According to Latané and Darley (1970), a number of things must occur before witnesses decide to intervene in an emergency situation. According to this stage model, diffusion of responsibility is most likely to affect witnesses'

Helga stops and helps Bjorn change a flat tire along the road because she figures that one day she'll need help and someone will return the favor. This best illustrates the idea of

There is a(n) ________ correlation between the length of time a person has lived in the same place and the likelihood that he or she will help in the community.

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Social Psychology in Action 1: Making a Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining a Sustainable Future

Social Psychology in Action 2: Social Psychology and Health

Social Psychology in Action 3: Social Psychology and the Law

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Exam 11: Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

The authors of your text explain that there are three main motives for helping others. They are

Receiving help can lower a person's self-esteem when the

________ refers to the desire to help another person, even if such help involves cost to the helper.

Researchers tested the hypothesis that rates of helping strangers would be higher in countries that valued simpatía. They staged helping incidents in twenty-three large cities and observed whether or not people helped. These researchers found

Even if it is clear that a person needs help, that you are the person responsible to help, and that you know how to help, you might still decide not to help. Reasons that people do not help in such cases include all of the following except

If you were an employer who wanted to increase volunteerism among your employees, what strategy would you employ in order to increase the chances that the employees would continue to volunteer in the future?

According to Latané and Darley (1970), a number of things must occur before witnesses decide to intervene in an emergency situation. According to this stage model, diffusion of responsibility is most likely to affect witnesses'

Helga stops and helps Bjorn change a flat tire along the road because she figures that one day she'll need help and someone will return the favor. This best illustrates the idea of

There is a(n) ________ correlation between the length of time a person has lived in the same place and the likelihood that he or she will help in the community.

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Prejudice: Causes and Cures

Social Psychology in Action 1: Making a Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining a Sustainable Future

Social Psychology in Action 2: Social Psychology and Health

Social Psychology in Action 3: Social Psychology and the Law

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