Question 1

Simon's decision whether or not to help someone is based primarily on whether that person seems to deserve assistance.Simon is motivated by concerns about

Accepted Answer

A) administrative rules. 
B) equity. 
C) social responsibility. 
D) justice. 
A) administrative rules. 
B) equity. 
C) social responsibility. 
D) justice.

Question 2

The empathy-altruism model suggests that when escape from a situation is easy,people will

Accepted Answer

A) offer help only when they have empathic concern. 
B) offer help only when they are in a good mood. 
C) almost always exhibit altruism. 
D) be likely to experience empathic concern. 
A) offer help only when they have empathic concern. 
B) offer help only when they are in a good mood. 
C) almost always exhibit altruism. 
D) be likely to experience empathic concern.

Question 3

The bystander effect refers to the tendency for

Accepted Answer

A) the presence of others to inhibit helping. 
B) the presence of others to promote helping. 
C) bystander helping to be motivated more by egoistic concerns than altruistic ones. 
D) bystander helping to be motivated more by altruistic concerns than egoistic ones. 
A) the presence of others to inhibit helping. 
B) the presence of others to promote helping. 
C) bystander helping to be motivated more by egoistic concerns than altruistic ones. 
D) bystander helping to be motivated more by altruistic concerns than egoistic ones.

Question 4

Which statement is most consistent with the negative state relief model?

Accepted Answer

A) Shoppers who are given a free gift are more likely to donate money to a solicitor as they leave the store. 
B) Students who feel guilty about falling asleep in class are more likely to volunteer to help a professor by completing a questionnaire. 
C) Professional athletes are more likely to sign autographs for fans following a win than following a loss. 
D) People who win the lottery are more likely to give money to charity than those who have not won the lottery. 
A) Shoppers who are given a free gift are more likely to donate money to a solicitor as they leave the store. 
B) Students who feel guilty about falling asleep in class are more likely to volunteer to help a professor by completing a questionnaire. 
C) Professional athletes are more likely to sign autographs for fans following a win than following a loss. 
D) People who win the lottery are more likely to give money to charity than those who have not won the lottery.

Question 5

People in exchange relationships are more likely than those in communal relationships to

Accepted Answer

A) exhibit pure altruism toward one another. 
B) get angry at violations of the reciprocity norm. 
C) feel good about helping one another. 
D) demonstrate helping behavior in an effort to alleviate negative mood. 
A) exhibit pure altruism toward one another. 
B) get angry at violations of the reciprocity norm. 
C) feel good about helping one another. 
D) demonstrate helping behavior in an effort to alleviate negative mood.

Question 6

Having struggled with panhandlers on the subway,hassles at the office,and telephone calls at dinner,Allison retreats______________to her bedroom rather than noticing that her daughter needs help with a homework assignment.She is probably reacting to

Accepted Answer

A) social norms. 
B) bystander calculus. 
C) stimulus overload. 
D) reactance. 
A) social norms. 
B) bystander calculus. 
C) stimulus overload. 
D) reactance.

Question 7

Male motorists in France were more likely to offer a ride to a female hitchhiker who

Accepted Answer

A) had short,dark hair. 
B) had an enhanced bust size. 
C) wore a long,red wig. 
D) was wearing low-heeled shoes. 
A) had short,dark hair. 
B) had an enhanced bust size. 
C) wore a long,red wig. 
D) was wearing low-heeled shoes.

Question 8

The empathy-altruism hypothesis maintains that,regardless of how easy it is to escape from a situation,people will help someone else if their motives are

Accepted Answer

A) altruistic. 
B) simplistic. 
C) idiographic. 
D) egoistic. 
A) altruistic. 
B) simplistic. 
C) idiographic. 
D) egoistic.

Question 9

Lydia needs people to help her by signing a petition.She can increase her chances of receiving help by

Accepted Answer

A) making herself look more attractive. 
B) invoking empathy by noting she is in a bind because she waited until the last minute. 
C) first putting potential helpers in a self-focused negative mood. 
D) making her requests over the telephone rather than in person. 
A) making herself look more attractive. 
B) invoking empathy by noting she is in a bind because she waited until the last minute. 
C) first putting potential helpers in a self-focused negative mood. 
D) making her requests over the telephone rather than in person.

Question 10

The bystander effect does not tend to occur when the bystanders are

Accepted Answer

A) all friends. 
B) all strangers. 
C) only in one's mind. 
D) on the Internet. 
A) all friends. 
B) all strangers. 
C) only in one's mind. 
D) on the Internet.

Question 11

Manny needs help,and Pedro is capable of giving it.Pedro is more likely to help if he

Accepted Answer

A) perceives Manny as responsible for his predicament. 
B) is low on agreeability. 
C) endorses the norm of justice more than the norm of social responsibility. 
D) has a shared identity with Manny. 
A) perceives Manny as responsible for his predicament. 
B) is low on agreeability. 
C) endorses the norm of justice more than the norm of social responsibility. 
D) has a shared identity with Manny.

Question 12

Some large fish allow smaller fish to swim inside of their mouths without eating the smaller ones.The smaller fish____________________________get to feed inside the larger fish's mouth,the larger fish gets parasites removed from its teeth.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) reciprocal altruism. 
B) kin selection. 
C) audience inhibition. 
D) the cost-reward model. 
A) reciprocal altruism. 
B) kin selection. 
C) audience inhibition. 
D) the cost-reward model.

Question 13

People are probably most helpful when the weather is

Accepted Answer

A) sunny. 
B) snowy. 
C) rainy. 
D) cloudy. 
A) sunny. 
B) snowy. 
C) rainy. 
D) cloudy.

Question 14

Warneken and Tomasello (2006)studied the helping behavior of 18-month-old infants with an adult experimenter. They found that

Accepted Answer

A) infants this young didn't demonstrate empathy or helping of any kind. 
B) infants this young understood when the experimenter needed help and,in the majority of cases,attempted to help. 
C) infants this young didn't seem to sense when the experimenter needed help. 
D) infants this young understood when the experimenter needed help but did not know how to offer help. 
A) infants this young didn't demonstrate empathy or helping of any kind. 
B) infants this young understood when the experimenter needed help and,in the majority of cases,attempted to help. 
C) infants this young didn't seem to sense when the experimenter needed help. 
D) infants this young understood when the experimenter needed help but did not know how to offer help.

Question 15

Suppose Barbara is feeling sad and she sees Mort struggling to move a piece of furniture.She would be most likely to help Mort if Barbara

Accepted Answer

A) accepted personal responsible for her bad mood. 
B) and Mort were young children. 
C) was self-focused on her own concerns. 
D) blamed someone else for her bad mood. 
A) accepted personal responsible for her bad mood. 
B) and Mort were young children. 
C) was self-focused on her own concerns. 
D) blamed someone else for her bad mood.

Question 16

Abigail ran back into the burning house to rescue her sister,Sophia,but when she found out that her neighbor,Mitchell,was also in the house,she waited for the firemen to arrive and rescue him.According to the study by Fitzgerald and others (2010),which statement best explains Abigail's actions?

Accepted Answer

A) In high-risk scenarios,we are motivated to help anyone. 
B) In low-risk scenarios,we are willing to help friends and relatives 
C) In all scenarios,we are unlikely to help someone not genetically related to us. 
D) In high-risk scenarios,we are more willing to help only our closest relatives. 
A) In high-risk scenarios,we are motivated to help anyone. 
B) In low-risk scenarios,we are willing to help friends and relatives 
C) In all scenarios,we are unlikely to help someone not genetically related to us. 
D) In high-risk scenarios,we are more willing to help only our closest relatives.

Question 17

Puff and his associates (2010)found that

Accepted Answer

A) being non-heterosexual predicted the highest levels of prosodies behavior. 
B) coming from a non-dominant religious background 
C) being from a lower social class 
D) being of a minority race or ethnicity 
A) being non-heterosexual predicted the highest levels of prosodies behavior. 
B) coming from a non-dominant religious background 
C) being from a lower social class 
D) being of a minority race or ethnicity

Question 18

The proposition that people help others in order to counteract their own feelings of sadness is called the______________model.

Accepted Answer

A) cost-reward 
B) negative state relief 
C) empathy-altruism 
D) diffusion-of-responsibility 
A) cost-reward 
B) negative state relief 
C) empathy-altruism 
D) diffusion-of-responsibility

Question 19

According to your text,which hormone has been implicated by neuroscientists in empathy and prosodies behaviors?

Accepted Answer

A) oxytocin 
B) cortical 
C) estrogen 
D) testosterone 
A) oxytocin 
B) cortical 
C) estrogen 
D) testosterone

Question 20

Fiona needs to get people to fill out her survey.The likelihood that people will help Fiona will increase if she approaches all types of people except those who

Accepted Answer

A) live in the country rather than the city. 
B) seem to be in a good mood. 
C) just passed by a bakery. 
D) are in a hurry. 
A) live in the country rather than the city. 
B) seem to be in a good mood. 
C) just passed by a bakery. 
D) are in a hurry.

Simon's decision whether or not to help someone is based primarily on whether that person seems to deserve assistance.Simon is motivated by concerns about

The empathy-altruism model suggests that when escape from a situation is easy,people will

The bystander effect refers to the tendency for

Which statement is most consistent with the negative state relief model?

People in exchange relationships are more likely than those in communal relationships to

Having struggled with panhandlers on the subway,hassles at the office,and telephone calls at dinner,Allison retreats______________to her bedroom rather than noticing that her daughter needs help with a homework assignment.She is probably reacting to

Male motorists in France were more likely to offer a ride to a female hitchhiker who

The empathy-altruism hypothesis maintains that,regardless of how easy it is to escape from a situation,people will help someone else if their motives are

Lydia needs people to help her by signing a petition.She can increase her chances of receiving help by

The bystander effect does not tend to occur when the bystanders are

Manny needs help,and Pedro is capable of giving it.Pedro is more likely to help if he

Some large fish allow smaller fish to swim inside of their mouths without eating the smaller ones.The smaller fish____________________________get to feed inside the larger fish's mouth,the larger fish gets parasites removed from its teeth.This is an example of

People are probably most helpful when the weather is

Warneken and Tomasello (2006)studied the helping behavior of 18-month-old infants with an adult experimenter. They found that

Suppose Barbara is feeling sad and she sees Mort struggling to move a piece of furniture.She would be most likely to help Mort if Barbara

Abigail ran back into the burning house to rescue her sister,Sophia,but when she found out that her neighbor,Mitchell,was also in the house,she waited for the firemen to arrive and rescue him.According to the study by Fitzgerald and others (2010),which statement best explains Abigail's actions?

Puff and his associates (2010)found that

The proposition that people help others in order to counteract their own feelings of sadness is called the______________model.

According to your text,which hormone has been implicated by neuroscientists in empathy and prosodies behaviors?

Fiona needs to get people to fill out her survey.The likelihood that people will help Fiona will increase if she approaches all types of people except those who

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Exam 10: Helping Others

Simon's decision whether or not to help someone is based primarily on whether that person seems to deserve assistance.Simon is motivated by concerns about

The empathy-altruism model suggests that when escape from a situation is easy,people will

The bystander effect refers to the tendency for

Which statement is most consistent with the negative state relief model?

People in exchange relationships are more likely than those in communal relationships to

Having struggled with panhandlers on the subway,hassles at the office,and telephone calls at dinner,Allison retreats______________to her bedroom rather than noticing that her daughter needs help with a homework assignment.She is probably reacting to

Male motorists in France were more likely to offer a ride to a female hitchhiker who

The empathy-altruism hypothesis maintains that,regardless of how easy it is to escape from a situation,people will help someone else if their motives are

Lydia needs people to help her by signing a petition.She can increase her chances of receiving help by

The bystander effect does not tend to occur when the bystanders are

Manny needs help,and Pedro is capable of giving it.Pedro is more likely to help if he

Some large fish allow smaller fish to swim inside of their mouths without eating the smaller ones.The smaller fish____________________________get to feed inside the larger fish's mouth,the larger fish gets parasites removed from its teeth.This is an example of

People are probably most helpful when the weather is

Warneken and Tomasello (2006)studied the helping behavior of 18-month-old infants with an adult experimenter. They found that

Suppose Barbara is feeling sad and she sees Mort struggling to move a piece of furniture.She would be most likely to help Mort if Barbara

Abigail ran back into the burning house to rescue her sister,Sophia,but when she found out that her neighbor,Mitchell,was also in the house,she waited for the firemen to arrive and rescue him.According to the study by Fitzgerald and others (2010),which statement best explains Abigail's actions?

Puff and his associates (2010)found that

The proposition that people help others in order to counteract their own feelings of sadness is called the______________model.

According to your text,which hormone has been implicated by neuroscientists in empathy and prosodies behaviors?

Fiona needs to get people to fill out her survey.The likelihood that people will help Fiona will increase if she approaches all types of people except those who

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Group Processes

Attraction and Close Relationships

Aggression

Law

Business

Health

Filters