Exam 10: Helping Others

People who have experienced distressing or traumatic events

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

When Christine sees how upset Jim is about his father's death, she, too, becomes upset. As a result, she goes out of her way to console Jim. Christine's actions are consistent with the

Describe how the presence of bystanders affects helping.

Ryo Oda and others (2014) found that ____________ was associated with altruism toward family members.

People are less likely to notice an emergency if they

Discuss how identity fusion is related to the likelihood that one will provide help to others.

Which situational change would not have made it more likely that someone would've acted to help Kitty Genovese during her attack?

Research suggests that the bystander effect

People who seem particularly nice, sociable, or happy are termed as having

Researchers observed that people may be more likely to remain longer as active volunteers if their initial motivation was more ___.

During a study in Liberia, only 7% of the population reported making a charitable donation but 76% of Liberian respondents reported helping a stranger within a month. This points out that

What is not an explanation for why helping models increase prosocial behavior?

Some research has found that bats shared food with both kin and nonkin under safe conditions. When the conditions seemed dangerous, the bats shared a much greater proportion of food with close relatives. This finding is consistent with

What explanation does research give for the finding that volunteers with egoistic motives tend to remain active volunteers longer than those with more altruistic motives?

Benny has a heart attack while riding a crowded city bus and nobody on the bus attempts to help him. This exemplifies

The principle of kin selection is based on the assumption that

Research by Omoto and Snyder (1995) found that volunteers who decided to help AIDS victims had ____ service if their initial motives were ____.

The negative state relief model of helping behavior

Research on culture and helping indicates that collectivist cultures are more likely to help their ____ and less likely to help their ____.