Exam 9: Prosocial Behavior

In one study described in the text, students at Florida State were put into different mood states, and then given a chance to volunteer for a nonprofit organization. The researchers found that participants who were in a_________________mood state were most selective in weighing the costs and benefits of helping opportunities.

Men are more likely to help strangers, but women are more likely to help friends.

The idea of inclusive fitness suggests that we are especially likely to help others

The phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance is one in which bystanders in an emergency tend to

In a cross-cultural study (Gergen et al., 1975), individuals who received money from another person_________________when that person asked for repayment, compared to when that person didn't ask for repayment.

People are_________________ likely to help members of their own race than members of another race because_________________.

Helping behavior appears on the surface to be at odds with evolution: helping someone else, such as giving food, might endanger one's own survival. Which of the following statements best clarifies this issue?

All of the following are goals for prosocial behavior EXCEPT

If you are a parent who wants your children to develop broadly charitable natures, you should

Describe the arousal/cost reward model of helping, and describe three conditions under which helping is more likely.

The mood management hypothesis states that people

Your text offers practical advice when it recommends that if you must decide which of several individuals to call on for help, all other things equal, your best choice would be

Describe the mood management hypothesis and provide an example of a helping situation that illustrates it.

Your text recounts the story of Rabbi Kalisch's answer to the Japanese High Command's question, "Why should we protect you from the Nazis?" The Rabbi's highly effective answer was

We are more likely to help individuals who are similar to us and with whom we have had early contact in the home because

The social responsibility norm states that

People are most likely to cite which of the following as a reason for engaging in prosocial behavior?

Relative to individuals living in rural areas, individuals living in urban areas are__________________________________helpful because_________________.

Which of the following concepts best helps to explain how labeling influences people's helping behavior?

After posing for a photograph, Sarah would be_________________likely to help a student who dropped his papers because posing for the photograph would have made Sarah_________________.