Exam 11: Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

In a study reported by the authors of your text, a participant in a chat group posed a question to the group asking for help. The results of this study showed that the participant was more likely to receive help faster when he or she __________.

Pete is gay, a student studying biology, and lives in Colorado. According to the discussion in your text, which of the following GO-FUND ME pages will Pete most likely donate to?

What is social exchange theory?

According to research on the impact of religion on helping behavior, if Dr. Hinford, a devoutly religious man, makes a donation to a children's charity, he is most likely to do it __________.

If you were an employer who wanted to increase volunteerism among your employees, what strategy would you employ in order to increase the chances that the employees would continue to volunteer in the future?

Briefly summarize the social exchange perspective of helping behavior.

According to a research study presented in the text, participants played a trivia game against four other students. Participants were allowed to help the other players, even though it could cause them to lose the game. Under what conditions were participants more likely to help other players? When they __________.

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?

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 __________.

__________ refers to the ability to experience events or emotions from another person's perspective.

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?

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?

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 __________.

Complete the following analogy. Reward of helping is to __________ as cost of helping is to __________.

Research has found an answer to the question of whether people will help out-group and in-group members. People help their in-group members because of __________ and out-group members because of __________.

A principal theory in social psychology is social exchange theory. According to this theory, we will be most likely to help others __________.

The authors of your text tell a story about Abraham Lincoln in which Lincoln ordered a coach to stop so he could save some piglets from drowning. Lincoln claimed that he helped because "I should have had no peace of mind all day had I gone on and left that suffering old sow worrying over those pigs." Lincoln argued that he was helping because of __________.

According to research, which of the following are people who have lived in the same area for a longer period of time more likely to feel?

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.

If you are in an emergency situation and need help, which of the following statements to a bystander is most likely to get you the help you need?