Exam 11: Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Not all helping occurs between strangers,of course.What factors determine whether and why help is provided in long-term relationships?

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 ____.

The basic assumption of social exchange theory is that we will help others when

You know that Susan is a very helpful person.She spends many hours each week volunteering at a local homeless shelter,she donates a lot of money to charities,and she is always the first person to volunteer to organize something when your group of friends wants to get together.According to the research on the altruistic personality,you ____ that Susan would help carry a neighbor's groceries if the situation arose because ____.

According to the evolutionary psychology notion of kin selection,Bob is most likely to help

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

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?

Elaine explains that she donates money to charity because,"It makes me feel like I'm investing in the future.It just feels good!" Her motive for helping is best described by which theory?

The idea that natural selection favors behaviors that help a genetic relative is known as

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

According to information presented by the authors of your text,people who have lived in the same place longer tend to be more likely to help: why?

According to evolutionary psychologists,why would Doris be more likely to save her children than her parents in a life-threatening emergency? Doris's children

Robert Levine and his colleagues (1994)have found support for the urban overload hypothesis.More specifically,they have found that it is more important to know ____ than to know ____.

Whereas ____ is any act performed to benefit another, ____ is such an act performed with no regard for one's safety or interests.

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

Your text offers several challenges that evolutionary psychology has not been able to address.Which of the following would also challenge evolutionary rationales for helping behavior?

A giant tornado is bearing down on Dorothy's farmhouse.She only has time to help one other resident.Based on research conducted by Gene Burnstein and his colleagues (1994),whom will Dorothy take with her to the storm cellar?

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

Complete the following analogy about helping behavior: rewards outweigh costs: social exchange theory::

Evolutionary psychology is the study of