Exam 9: Prosocial Behaviour: Doing Whats Best for Others

The prisoner's dilemma is best described as a(n) ____.

Conformity is more likely in larger groups than in smaller groups.

Research has shown that many people will accept costs, as in a reduction of their own pay, in order to punish someone else who breaks the rules.This is known as ____ punishment.

You are driving to school and notice that there is an injured dog lying on the side of the road - presumably the victim of a hit-and-run.You are in a very busy part of town, however, so you decide that your help probably isn't needed (someone else will attend to the dog and call for help, if they haven't already).Social psychologists would say that ____ prevented you from helping in this case.

Describe the features that tend to promote cooperation in a prisoner's dilemma game.

Roscoe sometimes feels that he is a 'taker' rather than a 'giver' - that he is not contributing his fair share at work or in relationships.Research suggests that, as a result, Roscoe is likely to

Given the research on gender and helping, in which of the following situations would women be MOST likely to help more than men?

Research indicates that male and female helping behaviour in the 'spring holiday' situation is ____.

Bonolo sees her cousin crying because she has lost a toy.She feels sad because her cousin feels sad.Bonolo is experiencing which emotional response?

The political scientist Robert Axelrod once held a computer tournament designed to determine the most successful strategy for approaching the prisoner's dilemma (the strategy that would win out most often on a sustained basis).What he found was that the most successful strategy was loosely based on a pattern of ____.

Research suggests that some people are more forgiving than others.In particular, ____ tend to be especially forgiving.

Both pluralistic ignorance and diffusion of responsibility contribute to ____.

Someone who is high on the dimension of belief in a just world would be MOST likely to agree with which statement?

A society in which people respect and follow the rules is said to have an effective ____.

Before conducting his classic research on obedience to authority, Milgram conducted a survey in which he asked a number of psychiatrists to predict what percentage of people would 'go all the way' and administer the highest levels of shocks.The psychiatrists in his survey predicted that ____ would do so.

In terms of your willingness to offer help to others, audience inhibition can be an obstacle to which of the following?

Research on gender and helping indicates that female helpers are ____.

The term ____ refers to following orders from an authority figure.

The text defines prosocial behaviour as ____.

In general, people are more likely to help others who appear to be similar to them than others who appear to be different from them.