Exam 12: Emotions, Stress, and Health

What principle or concept suggests that rewarding people for their helpfulness may, in the long run, undermine their self-motivated altruism?

Research on gender and receiving help revealed that _____ offered more help when the persons in need were females, and _____ offered help equally to males and females.

While walking down the street, Tim sees a man slumped over grabbing his chest. Tim looks around at the other pedestrians who don't seem concerned. He assumes that, if they aren't worried, then everything is OK and keeps walking. This is an example of

Which of the following statements about helping behavior and social norms is true?

Research on gender and helping norms revealed that

The personalized address labels that come with mailings that solicit donations to philanthropic causes likely follow the

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

People who live in _____ are least likely to relay a phone message, mail "lost" letters, cooperate with survey interviewers, do small favors, or help a lost child.

Confederates who were dressed either conservatively or in counterculture garb approached either "straight" or "hip" college students and asked for change to make a phone call. Results of this experiment confirmed a _____ bias in helping.

Omitting certain people from one's circle of moral concern is called

Sociologist Gouldner (1960) contended that the norm of reciprocity

The fact that a person is less likely to help in an emergency when other people are present is called

DeBruine (2002) found that when students played an interactive game with a supposed other player, participants were _____ when the other person's pictured face had some features of their own face morphed into it.

Miller and his colleagues (2001) reported that we are more empathic and helpful toward those who are _____ us.

Belle is deliriously happy because she has recently fallen in love with Sean. Which of the following behaviors should we most likely expect from Belle?

Summarize Darley and Batson's classic 1973 study on the parable of the Good Samaritan.

Who among the following psychologists believes that genuine empathy-induced altruism is part of human nature?

In a study by Latané and Rodin (1969), a female experimenter apparently fell and hurt her ankle. What percentage of participants who were alone offered help?

Who among the following is LEAST likely to help an injured pedestrian?

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?