Exam 10: Prosocial Behaviour

Kyla is opposed to rewarding her children when they behave in prosocial ways with others.She asks you about some alternatives to tangible rewards.You've just read Chapter 10 (Prosocial Behaviour).What would you suggest?

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Question 101

Mary Harris and her colleagues (Harris,Benson,& Hall,1975)found that churchgoers were more likely to donate to charity before they attended confession than after,presumably because the act of confession

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Question 102

According to Nobel laureate Herbert Simon (1990),norms such as the reciprocity norm that encourages altruism have become part of human cultures because

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Question 103

Paul Amato (1983)staged an incident in which a man fell down with a cry of pain and raised his pant leg to reveal a bloody injury.The staged scene was repeated in both rural and urban areas.When Amato counted the number of passersby who stopped to help the man,he found that

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Question 104

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

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Question 105

According to evolutionary theory (Darwin,1859),natural selection favours genes that promote individual survival.This tenet is most troublesome in explaining

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Question 106

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

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Question 107

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

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Question 108

You ask your brother if you can borrow his car for a date on Saturday night.Before handing over the keys,he asks in jest,"What's in it for me?" His question best reflects _______ as applied to prosocial behaviour.

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Question 109

Reuben has three cats at home and doesn't want another one.Still,on the way home from work,he stops to rescue a kitten from the highway and decides to adopt it.This is an example of _______ behaviour.

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Question 110

Do men and women differ in their tendency to help? If so,how?

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Question 111

Charles Darwin,an evolutionary theorist,found it difficult to explain altruism.From an evolutionary perspective,it would seem that over centuries and generations,altruistic behaviours would _ because _.

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Question 112

Gillian is sitting in a crowded coffee shop when she hears the squeal of brakes and the crash of metal-on-metal.She looks around and notices that all the other customers remain engrossed in their conversations.Because these cool and calm responses _,Gillian will be _.

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Question 113

_______ refers to any act that someone performs in order to benefit another person.

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Question 114

According to the authors,providing _ can lead to _.

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Question 115

Participants in an experiment by Miho Toi and Daniel Batson (1982)listened to an (alleged)radio interview in which Carol,a student in their Introductory Psychology class,described an accident that caused her to fall behind in the course.Some participants were encouraged to empathize with her,while others were encouraged to listen objectively to the interview.Some participants in each of these two groups were led to believe that Carol would be returning to their psychology course,while others were led to believe that she would finish out the term at home,so they would never see her.Toi and Batson found that when participants _,their decision to help was guided by _.

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Question 116

According to the evolutionary psychology notion of kin selection,if he feels equally close to all of them,Bob is most likely to help

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Question 117

Which of the following is a valid critique of the evolutionary notion of kin selection? We might sacrifice to save people closely related to us because

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Question 118

Which of the following evolutionary psychology explanations for altruism is most closely tied to the psychological concept of learning?

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Question 119

An evolutionary psychologist named J.B.S.Hildane once jested,"I would give up my life for two siblings or eight cousins." Why would he say that?

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Kyla is opposed to rewarding her children when they behave in prosocial ways with others.She asks you about some alternatives to tangible rewards.You've just read Chapter 10 (Prosocial Behaviour).What would you suggest?

Mary Harris and her colleagues (Harris,Benson,& Hall,1975)found that churchgoers were more likely to donate to charity before they attended confession than after,presumably because the act of confession

According to Nobel laureate Herbert Simon (1990),norms such as the reciprocity norm that encourages altruism have become part of human cultures because

Paul Amato (1983)staged an incident in which a man fell down with a cry of pain and raised his pant leg to reveal a bloody injury.The staged scene was repeated in both rural and urban areas.When Amato counted the number of passersby who stopped to help the man,he found that

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

According to evolutionary theory (Darwin,1859),natural selection favours genes that promote individual survival.This tenet is most troublesome in explaining

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

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

You ask your brother if you can borrow his car for a date on Saturday night.Before handing over the keys,he asks in jest,"What's in it for me?" His question best reflects _______ as applied to prosocial behaviour.

Reuben has three cats at home and doesn't want another one.Still,on the way home from work,he stops to rescue a kitten from the highway and decides to adopt it.This is an example of _______ behaviour.

Do men and women differ in their tendency to help? If so,how?

Charles Darwin,an evolutionary theorist,found it difficult to explain altruism.From an evolutionary perspective,it would seem that over centuries and generations,altruistic behaviours would _ because _.

Gillian is sitting in a crowded coffee shop when she hears the squeal of brakes and the crash of metal-on-metal.She looks around and notices that all the other customers remain engrossed in their conversations.Because these cool and calm responses _,Gillian will be _.

_______ refers to any act that someone performs in order to benefit another person.

According to the authors,providing _ can lead to _.

According to the evolutionary psychology notion of kin selection,if he feels equally close to all of them,Bob is most likely to help

Which of the following is a valid critique of the evolutionary notion of kin selection? We might sacrifice to save people closely related to us because

Which of the following evolutionary psychology explanations for altruism is most closely tied to the psychological concept of learning?

An evolutionary psychologist named J.B.S.Hildane once jested,"I would give up my life for two siblings or eight cousins." Why would he say that?

Introduction to Social Psychology

Methodology

Social Cognition

Social Perception

The Self Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Conformity

Group Processes

Interpersonal Attraction

Aggression

Prejudice

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Exam 10: Prosocial Behaviour

Kyla is opposed to rewarding her children when they behave in prosocial ways with others.She asks you about some alternatives to tangible rewards.You've just read Chapter 10 (Prosocial Behaviour).What would you suggest?

Mary Harris and her colleagues (Harris,Benson,& Hall,1975)found that churchgoers were more likely to donate to charity before they attended confession than after,presumably because the act of confession

According to Nobel laureate Herbert Simon (1990),norms such as the reciprocity norm that encourages altruism have become part of human cultures because

Paul Amato (1983)staged an incident in which a man fell down with a cry of pain and raised his pant leg to reveal a bloody injury.The staged scene was repeated in both rural and urban areas.When Amato counted the number of passersby who stopped to help the man,he found that

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

According to evolutionary theory (Darwin,1859),natural selection favours genes that promote individual survival.This tenet is most troublesome in explaining

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

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

You ask your brother if you can borrow his car for a date on Saturday night.Before handing over the keys,he asks in jest,"What's in it for me?" His question best reflects _______ as applied to prosocial behaviour.

Reuben has three cats at home and doesn't want another one.Still,on the way home from work,he stops to rescue a kitten from the highway and decides to adopt it.This is an example of _______ behaviour.

Do men and women differ in their tendency to help? If so,how?

Charles Darwin,an evolutionary theorist,found it difficult to explain altruism.From an evolutionary perspective,it would seem that over centuries and generations,altruistic behaviours would _______ because _______.

Gillian is sitting in a crowded coffee shop when she hears the squeal of brakes and the crash of metal-on-metal.She looks around and notices that all the other customers remain engrossed in their conversations.Because these cool and calm responses _______,Gillian will be _______.

_______ refers to any act that someone performs in order to benefit another person.

According to the authors,providing _______ can lead to _______.

According to the evolutionary psychology notion of kin selection,if he feels equally close to all of them,Bob is most likely to help

Which of the following is a valid critique of the evolutionary notion of kin selection? We might sacrifice to save people closely related to us because

Which of the following evolutionary psychology explanations for altruism is most closely tied to the psychological concept of learning?

An evolutionary psychologist named J.B.S.Hildane once jested,"I would give up my life for two siblings or eight cousins." Why would he say that?

Introduction to Social Psychology

Methodology

Social Cognition

Social Perception

The Self Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

Attitudes and Attitude Change

Conformity

Group Processes

Interpersonal Attraction

Aggression

Prejudice

Social Psychology in Action 1

Social Psychology in Action 2

Social Psychology in Action 3

Filters

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

Charles Darwin,an evolutionary theorist,found it difficult to explain altruism.From an evolutionary perspective,it would seem that over centuries and generations,altruistic behaviours would _ because _.

Gillian is sitting in a crowded coffee shop when she hears the squeal of brakes and the crash of metal-on-metal.She looks around and notices that all the other customers remain engrossed in their conversations.Because these cool and calm responses _,Gillian will be _.

According to the authors,providing _ can lead to _.