Exam 10: Helping Others

Actions intended to benefit others are called ____ behaviors.

Which of the following statements about reciprocal altruism is most accurate?

According to the empathy-altruism hypothesis, altruistic behavior is primarily the result of

Research on attractiveness and helping indicates that

Joan Chiao (2011) estimates that between ____ of prosocial behavior can be attributed to genetic effects.

Helping in the face of ____ costs is best described as ____.

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

The state in which people in a group mistakenly think that their own individual thoughts, feelings, or behaviors are different from those of others in the group is called

Giles volunteers his time to his local community center because he thinks it will look good on his college applications. Giles's behavior would best be described as likely

For doctors and nurses, too much empathy can be

Patricia needs help in finishing her assignment, and Irina is capable of giving it. Irina is more likely to help if she

Open-source community has members who post their work on to the community site for the benefit of others. If you use their software, you can refer to others or donate additional development code to the community. The foundation of this community is based on the concept of

During his statistics class this morning, Stuart was completely confused. He considered asking questions during the lecture, but because nobody else asked questions, he did not want to raise his hand and make a fool of himself in front of everyone. Stuart's failure to ask questions most likely stems from

Eisenberg and others (2002) found that the extent to which preschool children exhibited spontaneous helping behavior predicted how helpful they would be in later childhood and early adulthood. This finding is consistent with the hypothesis that

Some large fish allow smaller fish to swim inside of their mouths without eating the smaller ones. The smaller fish get food for themselves from the larger fish's mouth and at the same time remove parasites from its teeth. This is an example of

Bob was an active alcoholic for 8 years, during which time he lost his wife and custody of his daughter. Now that he has been clean and sober for 3 years, he is a sponsor for several other people who are struggling to stop drinking. He says that helping others makes him feel better about the things that he lost while he was drinking. Bob's actions to help others recover from addiction are driven by the ____ model of helping.

Darley and  Latané's  (1968) "epileptic seizure" study demonstrated that

Joseph sees a frail man limping on the corner of his property. Joseph is most likely to help if the costs of

Research on the empathy-altruism model has demonstrated that individuals ____ in empathic concern offer help ____.

Karen and Rob are talking to a mutual friend who suddenly breaks down and asks if one of them can stay and talk about an important problem. Who is probably more likely to help?