Exam 11: Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

In research presented in the text, participants were exposed to a lecture on social-psychological factors that inhibit helping.Later, these participants were put into a potential helping situation.The results suggest that

It would seem reasonable to assume that people would be more likely to help others who are part of their in-groups than their out-groups.It is not quite as simple and straightforward as that, however.Explain.

Complete the following analogy about the effects of mood on helping behavior.________: feel bad, do good :: happiness: ________.

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, when witnesses ________, costs of helping will be most relevant to their behavior.

Which of the following is NOT a topic for positive psychology?

Recall that the introduction to Chapter 11 (Prosocial Behavior) began with a description of several of the citizen-heroes of September 11, 2001-for example William Wik, who refused to flee to personal safety because there were still people to be rescued.He died when a tower collapsed.Wik was willing to sacrifice his own life to save others, and his behavior could thus best be described as

Receiving help can lower a person's self-esteem when the

When other bystanders are present, people are less likely to interpret an event as an emergency.________ best explains why this is so.

According to Batson (1991), when people experience empathy with another in need, ________ motivates helping.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three reasons why being in a good mood would make someone more likely to help another person?

When community service work is required by a school or business, there is the downside risk that people will infer that they are volunteering only because it is required and will be less likely to freely volunteer in the future.This risk is known as the

According to the gender differences presented by the authors of your text, generally speaking, ________ would be more likely to help an aging relative with daily tasks than ________.

Although evidence from studies presented in the chapter suggests that people are more likely to help family than strangers or friends in some situations, they also note that people are equally likely to help a friend or family member under which of the following circumstances?

In the grocery store one evening, Yolanda is in a good mood after earning a promotion at work, but Trudy is feeling quite guilty for stealing office supplies from work.When another shopper collapses on the ground unconscious, Yolanda would be likely to help according to the ________, while Trudy would be likely to help according to the ________.

Andrew would be more likely to help than Carol in which of the following situations, based purely on the gender differences discussed by the authors of your text?

Joseph was on the subway when he noticed a man lying slumped over on the seat.Joseph looked around at the other passengers, who seemed calm and unconcerned.Joseph concluded that the man was probably okay.However, the other passengers may have been looking around at Joseph, to see how he reacted.This would be an example of

A number of studies have revealed that doing well on a test, receiving a gift, and listening to pleasant music can increase helping.These consistent findings across investigations suggest that there is a ________ relation between ________ and helping.

Prosocial behavior is

Jim dives into the water to help his drowning sister; Ivan dives into the water to help a total stranger because he wanted to impress his new girlfriend and is a trained lifeguard.Jim's motive to help is best explained by ________, while Ivan's motive to help is best explained by ________.

In order to best predict whether people will help another person, it is best to know something about ________ and ________.