Exam 9: Prosocial Behavior

The negative state relief model predicts that people will use helping to raise their negative mood. Deeply depressed individuals, however, do not show elevated helping levels because

Define personal and social norms regarding helping behavior, and provide an example of each.

What is the "looking glass self" and how does it relate to labeling and helping behavior?

Inclusive fitness refers to the survival of one's genes in one's offspring and in any relative one helps.

Regarding the effect of social approval on helping behavior, research has shown that

Individuals with a high need for approval are more likely to help when others are_________________. This suggests that helping others can be a way to_________________.

Which of the following is NOT likely to increase helping?

Men were found to be more helpful than women

What is inclusive fitness, and how might it relate to prosocial behavior?

Describe Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis. Describe the roles of perspective taking and empathic concern, and the conditions under which, according to Batson, pure altruism can occur.

Which example best illustrates prosocial behavior as defined by the text.

The presence of other people is likely to increase helping in emergency situations when

Diffusion of responsibility is

The text notes that Sugihara's helping efforts toward European Jews could be attributed, at least in part, to

Experiments conducted by Darley and Latané demonstrated that the greater the number of people who witness a victim in an emergency,

Describe how you could increase helping behavior by enhancing self-focus, and provide an example.

Early social psychological experiments found that men helped more than women because the experiments

Observers often fail to help in an emergency because they are uncertain

The mood management hypothesis states that people are more likely to help

Who is likely to help more, women or men?