Exam 13: Prosocial Behaviour

If you want to teach your children to engage in helping behaviour throughout their lives, you could do which of the following?

Learning about the bystander effect is one way to increase helping behaviour in group situations.

In an emergency situation, you would want less people to be present because you would be more likely to receive help from any one individual.

Define prosocial behaviour. Provide an example.

The opposite of altruistic is:

How could the enlightenment effect be useful for increasing prosocial behaviour?

Which of the following is considered the fourth step in the decision model of bystander intervention?

Which of the following is considered the second step in the decision model of bystander intervention?

In the fourth step of the decision model of bystander intervention, people must decide how to help. What will make it easier for people to choose to help at this stage of the model?

Design a program to enhance and increase prosocial behaviour among children. Describe something that could be implemented at home and something that could be implemented in schools.

How can the phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance decrease helping behaviour in an emergency? Be sure to define pluralistic ignorance in your answer.

Noticing a need for help is the first step in Darley and Latane's decision model of bystander intervention.

The saying "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" most aptly characterizes the:

Tara is debating whether she should spend her Saturday helping her friend move. Using the concept of cost-benefit analysis, describe how Tara might go about making her decision.

Empathy involves both a ________ and a ________ component.

There is a fire in your apartment building and smoke begins to fill the hallways. According to the decision model of bystander intervention, what is the first thing that will need to occur for you to assist others during this emergency?

Research suggests that we are more likely to offer assistance to people when we view their circumstances as something out of their control as opposed to something they might have 'caused' themselves. In other words, helping behaviour is related to the:

If Peter decides to lend his friend Todd money so that in the future Todd will be more likely to return the favour, then Peter is relying on the social responsibility norm.

What is step 1 of the decision model of bystander intervention? What are the three factors that can influence this step?

Research suggests that you will be more likely to receive help if you are considered attractive.