Exam 11: Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Given empirical support for the bystander effect (Latané & Darley, 1970), all things being equal, you would be more likely to get needed assistance were you to have a heart attack

Your text discusses the idea of the altruistic personality.Explain what an altruistic personality is, and what research says about how this personality trait predicts behavior in helping situations.

Which of the following is an example of a topic related to positive psychology in the field of social psychology?

A woman's car is stuck in the snow and she needs a push to get free.________ is more likely to stop to help her out because ________.

According to the urban overload hypothesis, people in cities should be less likely to help than people in small towns because

Evolutionary psychology is the study of

According to reports (Rosenthal, 1964), many of Kitty Genovese's unresponsive neighbors did hear her crying out, "Oh my God, he stabbed me! Please help me! Please help me!" This suggests that the reason that her neighbors failed to intervene followed from

The text discusses a cultural value, simpatía, prominent in Spanish-speaking countries.Although simpatía has no direct English translation, it generally refers to

In a series of studies, Latané and Darley discovered that the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that any individual will help.Why is that?

Social exchange theory would have the most trouble explaining which of the following helping situations?

Recall that participants in an experiment described in the text (Toi & Batson, 1982) listened to an (alleged) radio interview in which a student in their introductory psychology class described an accident that caused her to fall behind in the course.Some participants were told that Carol would soon be returning to their class.According to the research, why is this referred to as a "high cost" condition?

In explaining the process by which kin selection works to encourage altruism, evolutionary psychologists would argue that

Evolutionary psychology would have the most trouble explaining which of the following incidents?

Some evolutionary psychologists argue that in our distant past, those who selfishly pursued their own individual interests would be less likely to survive to pass on their genes.This argument lies at the heart of ________ as a source of altruistic behavior.

According to Latané and Darley (1970), the first step in deciding to help in an emergency is

There is a(n) ________ correlation between the length of time a person has lived in the same place and the likelihood that he or she will help in the community.

Amos has just received a good grade on his calculus exam.He's in a great mood, and thinks to himself, "School's going well; my relationship with Carrie is going great.It's a wonderful world!" On the way out of the building, he finds that a bicyclist has hit a pedestrian, so he hurries over to help the fallen person.This example best illustrates which of the three reasons why positive mood enhances helping?

Social psychologists have found that people in good moods are likely to help, as are people in bad moods.Of course, the reasons for these relations differ, depending on the mood.Explain.

Playing a prosocial video game makes schemas about helping more accessible.This is related to the process of ________.

According to the bystander effect, the number of people who are around when an emergency occurs is ________ correlated with the time it takes someone to provide help in an emergency.