Question 1

William Chopik and others (2017) found that empathy predicted

Accepted Answer

A)  volunteering. 
B)  financial donations. 
C)  providing emotional support. 
D)  religious activities. 
A)  volunteering. 
B)  financial donations. 
C)  providing emotional support. 
D)  religious activities.

Question 2

The cognitive component of empathy that involves seeing the world through someone else's eyes is called

Accepted Answer

A)  anxious introspection. 
B)  personal distress. 
C)  perspective taking. 
D)  empathic affect. 
A)  anxious introspection. 
B)  personal distress. 
C)  perspective taking. 
D)  empathic affect.

Question 3

Emma works for a NGO. She fundraises by visiting corporations and wealthy individuals. She can increase her donations by

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Asuni hears her neighbor's burglar alarm go off in the middle of the night, but she doesn't call the police because she assumes that one of the other neighbors will do so. Asuni's failure to call the police is the result of

Accepted Answer

A)  pluralistic ignorance. 
B)  audience inhibition. 
C)  diffusion of responsibility. 
D)  stimulus overload. 
A)  pluralistic ignorance. 
B)  audience inhibition. 
C)  diffusion of responsibility. 
D)  stimulus overload.

Question 5

Ginny thinks she hears a husband physically abusing his wife. However, she does not call the police because she is afraid that her neighbors will ostracize her if she is wrong. Ginny's failure to act is a case of

Accepted Answer

A)  negative state relief. 
B)  audience inhibition. 
C)  empathic concern. 
D)  pluralistic ignorance. 
A)  negative state relief. 
B)  audience inhibition. 
C)  empathic concern. 
D)  pluralistic ignorance.

Question 6

According to Giving USA (2019), the residents of individualistic states in the United States are ____ than residents of more collectivist states.

Accepted Answer

A)  less likely to offer assistance in an emergency 
B)  more likely to give to charity 
C)  more susceptible to the bystander effect 
D)  less generous 
A)  less likely to offer assistance in an emergency 
B)  more likely to give to charity 
C)  more susceptible to the bystander effect 
D)  less generous

Question 7

A classic book, The Selfish Gene , by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins suggests that evolutionary perspectives emphasize not the survival of the fittest individuals but

Accepted Answer

A)  the fittest individual does not gain an advantage over the less-fit. 
B)  the economic rewards of helping are greater than the costs. 
C)  it helps to secure propagation of an individual's genes. 
D)  it is performed for altruistic rather than egoistic motives. 
A)  the fittest individual does not gain an advantage over the less-fit. 
B)  the economic rewards of helping are greater than the costs. 
C)  it helps to secure propagation of an individual's genes. 
D)  it is performed for altruistic rather than egoistic motives.

Question 8

Kevin asks Winnie to drive him to the airport. Though Winnie doesn't really want to, she agrees because Kevin loaned her money last week. Winnie agreed to help as an act of

Accepted Answer

A)  altruism. 
B)  reciprocity. 
C)  empathy. 
D)  cooperation. 
A)  altruism. 
B)  reciprocity. 
C)  empathy. 
D)  cooperation.

Question 9

Research suggests that your responses are strongly influenced by the size of a group and

Accepted Answer

A)  make you more likely to engage in helping behavior. 
B)  make you less likely to engage in helping behavior. 
C)  only influence altruistic helping behavior. 
D)  do not affect helping behavior. 
A)  make you more likely to engage in helping behavior. 
B)  make you less likely to engage in helping behavior. 
C)  only influence altruistic helping behavior. 
D)  do not affect helping behavior.

Question 10

Kelli always tries to be very helpful because she believes it increases her chances of receiving help at a future time. Kelli's thinking most closely reflects the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  reciprocal altruism. 
B)  empathy. 
C)  egoism. 
D)  audience exhibition. 
A)  reciprocal altruism. 
B)  empathy. 
C)  egoism. 
D)  audience exhibition.

Question 11

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 12

Cosmo is walking home on a busy downtown street when he notices a woman lying on the sidewalk who appears to have lost consciousness. Which of the following obstacles to helping would best explain why he did not interpret the event as an emergency?

Accepted Answer

A)  Audience inhibition 
B)  Pluralistic ignorance 
C)  Diffusion of responsibility 
D)  Empathetic altruism 
A)  Audience inhibition 
B)  Pluralistic ignorance 
C)  Diffusion of responsibility 
D)  Empathetic altruism

Question 13

Evolutionary perspectives on helping behavior suggest that individuals

Accepted Answer

A)  sometimes offer assistance to others even when doing so puts their own survival at great risk. 
B)  are more likely to offer help to attractive others who seem to be good potential mates. 
C)  are more likely to offer help to distant versus close relatives. 
D)  who only look out for themselves tend to be most successful from a reproductive standpoint. 
A)  sometimes offer assistance to others even when doing so puts their own survival at great risk. 
B)  are more likely to offer help to attractive others who seem to be good potential mates. 
C)  are more likely to offer help to distant versus close relatives. 
D)  who only look out for themselves tend to be most successful from a reproductive standpoint.

Question 14

Joey and Chandler are not related to each other, yet Chandler goes out of his way to leave work early so he can give Joey a ride to the airport. From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following concepts applies to Chandler's behavior toward Joey?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kin selection 
B)  Reciprocal altruism 
C)  The cost-reward model 
D)  Moral hypocrisy 
A)  Kin selection 
B)  Reciprocal altruism 
C)  The cost-reward model 
D)  Moral hypocrisy

Question 15

Feeling good often leads to doing good or increased helping behavior because

Accepted Answer

A)  people want to maintain their good mood. 
B)  people in a good mood have a higher level of mental arousal. 
C)  people in a good mood are more likely to avoid pluralistic ignorance and notice an individual in need of help. 
D)  there is a positive correlation between good mood and an altruistic personality. 
A)  people want to maintain their good mood. 
B)  people in a good mood have a higher level of mental arousal. 
C)  people in a good mood are more likely to avoid pluralistic ignorance and notice an individual in need of help. 
D)  there is a positive correlation between good mood and an altruistic personality.

Question 16

Discuss the helping connection between the helper and the help receiver.

Accepted Answer

A sense of connection fosters helping. T

Question 17

Ambiguity of a situation would interfere with potential helping behavior just after which step of Lateen and Darley's (1970) five-step model of helping?

Accepted Answer

A)  Noticing the event 
B)  Interpreting the event as an emergency 
C)  Taking responsibility to help 
D)  Providing help 
A)  Noticing the event 
B)  Interpreting the event as an emergency 
C)  Taking responsibility to help 
D)  Providing help

Question 18

Latané and Darley's (1968) "smoke-filled room" study demonstrates the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  diffusion of responsibility. 
B)  pluralistic ignorance. 
C)  audience inhibition. 
D)  negative state relief. 
A)  diffusion of responsibility. 
B)  pluralistic ignorance. 
C)  audience inhibition. 
D)  negative state relief.

Question 19

Jacinta volunteers at a local clinic where patients with AIDS come to get treatment and social assistance. She spends 10 to 15 hours a week at the clinic because it helps her escape the pressures and stress in her life. Which motivation category is behind Jacinta's volunteerism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Values 
B)  Esteem enhancement 
C)  Understanding 
D)  Personal development 
A)  Values 
B)  Esteem enhancement 
C)  Understanding 
D)  Personal development

Question 20

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.

William Chopik and others (2017) found that empathy predicted

The cognitive component of empathy that involves seeing the world through someone else's eyes is called

Emma works for a NGO. She fundraises by visiting corporations and wealthy individuals. She can increase her donations by

Asuni hears her neighbor's burglar alarm go off in the middle of the night, but she doesn't call the police because she assumes that one of the other neighbors will do so. Asuni's failure to call the police is the result of

Ginny thinks she hears a husband physically abusing his wife. However, she does not call the police because she is afraid that her neighbors will ostracize her if she is wrong. Ginny's failure to act is a case of

According to Giving USA (2019), the residents of individualistic states in the United States are ____ than residents of more collectivist states.

A classic book, The Selfish Gene , by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins suggests that evolutionary perspectives emphasize not the survival of the fittest individuals but

Kevin asks Winnie to drive him to the airport. Though Winnie doesn't really want to, she agrees because Kevin loaned her money last week. Winnie agreed to help as an act of

Research suggests that your responses are strongly influenced by the size of a group and

Kelli always tries to be very helpful because she believes it increases her chances of receiving help at a future time. Kelli's thinking most closely reflects the concept of

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

Cosmo is walking home on a busy downtown street when he notices a woman lying on the sidewalk who appears to have lost consciousness. Which of the following obstacles to helping would best explain why he did not interpret the event as an emergency?

Evolutionary perspectives on helping behavior suggest that individuals

Joey and Chandler are not related to each other, yet Chandler goes out of his way to leave work early so he can give Joey a ride to the airport. From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following concepts applies to Chandler's behavior toward Joey?

Feeling good often leads to doing good or increased helping behavior because

Discuss the helping connection between the helper and the help receiver.

Ambiguity of a situation would interfere with potential helping behavior just after which step of Lateen and Darley's (1970) five-step model of helping?

Latané and Darley's (1968) "smoke-filled room" study demonstrates the concept of

Jacinta volunteers at a local clinic where patients with AIDS come to get treatment and social assistance. She spends 10 to 15 hours a week at the clinic because it helps her escape the pressures and stress in her life. Which motivation category is behind Jacinta's volunteerism?

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

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Exam 10: Helping Others

William Chopik and others (2017) found that empathy predicted

The cognitive component of empathy that involves seeing the world through someone else's eyes is called

Emma works for a NGO. She fundraises by visiting corporations and wealthy individuals. She can increase her donations by

Asuni hears her neighbor's burglar alarm go off in the middle of the night, but she doesn't call the police because she assumes that one of the other neighbors will do so. Asuni's failure to call the police is the result of

Ginny thinks she hears a husband physically abusing his wife. However, she does not call the police because she is afraid that her neighbors will ostracize her if she is wrong. Ginny's failure to act is a case of

According to Giving USA (2019), the residents of individualistic states in the United States are ____ than residents of more collectivist states.

A classic book, The Selfish Gene , by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins suggests that evolutionary perspectives emphasize not the survival of the fittest individuals but

Kevin asks Winnie to drive him to the airport. Though Winnie doesn't really want to, she agrees because Kevin loaned her money last week. Winnie agreed to help as an act of

Research suggests that your responses are strongly influenced by the size of a group and

Kelli always tries to be very helpful because she believes it increases her chances of receiving help at a future time. Kelli's thinking most closely reflects the concept of

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

Cosmo is walking home on a busy downtown street when he notices a woman lying on the sidewalk who appears to have lost consciousness. Which of the following obstacles to helping would best explain why he did not interpret the event as an emergency?

Evolutionary perspectives on helping behavior suggest that individuals

Joey and Chandler are not related to each other, yet Chandler goes out of his way to leave work early so he can give Joey a ride to the airport. From an evolutionary perspective, which of the following concepts applies to Chandler's behavior toward Joey?

Feeling good often leads to doing good or increased helping behavior because

Discuss the helping connection between the helper and the help receiver.

Ambiguity of a situation would interfere with potential helping behavior just after which step of Lateen and Darley's (1970) five-step model of helping?

Latané and Darley's (1968) "smoke-filled room" study demonstrates the concept of

Jacinta volunteers at a local clinic where patients with AIDS come to get treatment and social assistance. She spends 10 to 15 hours a week at the clinic because it helps her escape the pressures and stress in her life. Which motivation category is behind Jacinta's volunteerism?

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

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

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