Exam 11: Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Although George wants to help a stranded motorist he passed on the freeway, he passes by because he knows it would take too much time out of his busy schedule.What theory offers the best explanation as to why George did NOT help?

Researchers found that churchgoers were more likely to donate to charity before they attended confession than after, presumably because the act of confession

Research has found an answer to the question of whether people will help out-group and in-group members.People help their in-group members because of _______ and out-group members because of _______.

Briefly summarize the social exchange perspective of helping behavior.

Using the stage model of the decisions bystanders make before helping (or not helping) in an emergency, which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the model?

A woman has just been in a car accident and needs someone to get her out of her car.A man has AIDS and needs someone to take him to the hospital for ongoing treatments.According to the research on gender differences in prosocial behavior, which of the following is most likely to be true?

Based on results of Darley' s and Batson' s (1973) "Good Samaritan" experiment, who is MOST likely to help an elderly women who has slipped on the ice?

Why would gratitude evolve in a social group?

Reuben has three cats at home and doesn't want another one.Still, on the way home from work, he stops to rescue a kitten from the highway.This is an example of ________ behavior.

Several researchers have found that people are more likely to receive help in a rural environment than in an urban environment.Are urban dwellers simply more callous?

Greitemeyer and his colleagues have conducted a number of studies to examine the effects of video games on helping.They have some participants play a prosocial video game and others play a neutral video game.The independent variable of this research is the

Suppose Dan is late for a very important meeting.As he runs toward his car, he sees a woman using crutches who has dropped a large stack of papers onto a busy sidewalk.Dan feels a great deal of empathy for this woman because he remembers how tough it was when he had to use crutches a couple years before.According to the empathy-altruism hypothesis, Dan will

According to Latané and Darley (1970), a number of things must occur before witnesses decide to intervene in an emergency situation.According to this stage model, diffusion of responsibility is most likely to affect witnesses'

Prosocial behavior is to ________ as altruism is to ________.

Pluralistic ignorance is an example of the power of ________ to inhibit helping.

Based on information from your text on residential mobility, which of the following people would be more likely to volunteer in their community?

Even if it is clear that a person needs help, that you are the person responsible to help, and that you know how to help, you might still decide not to help.Reasons that people do not help in such cases include all of the following EXCEPT

The crowded sidewalk is coated with ice.You feel a sharp pain and hear a cracking sound when you fall.You know that you've broken your leg.How might you overcome the bystander effect to ensure that you get help from passersby?

Men are more likely to help in ________, whereas women are likely to help in ________.

The concept of ________ refers to the idea that when no bystanders to a possible emergency appear to be concerned, other bystanders assume that nothing is wrong.