Exam 9: Prosocial Behaviour: Doing Whats Best for Others

Equity is another word for equality; the equity norm and the equality norm are the same thing.

Which of the following is an example of a zero-sum game?

Feeling underbenefited tends to provoke feelings of ____, while feeling overbenefited tends to provoke feelings of ____.

Recall Milgram's classic research on obedience to authority.One interesting finding here was that numerous participants who went ahead and administered shocks at relatively high levels ____.

Suppose that you are in an emergency situation and need help.Social psychological research suggests that your BEST bet is to ____.

According to evolutionary theory, it can be adaptive for people to help others who share their genes.This idea is known as ____.

Suppose that you are in a ship wreck and numerous people around you are drowning.No one present knows how to swim except for you.According to evolutionary theory, if you only had time to save one person, which of the following people would you save?

Compared to people who do not have a strong belief in a just world, people who do have a strong belief in a just world are MORE likely to ____.

If you are concerned that you are getting less than you deserve, then social psychologists would say that you are worried about ____, if you are concerned that you are getting more than you deserve then social psychologists would say that you are worried about ____.

Outline recent research concerning moral intuition and explain how it relates to earlier research on moral reasoning.

Compared to people in good moods, people in bad moods do not tend to be especially helpful to others.This seems to be the case in particular when their bad mood is focused inward (i.e., when they are thinking about themselves).

When helping is altruistically motivated, people will try to ____.

Research indicates that in societies where there is an intact rule of law, people are ____.

Meera's company cannot afford to give their customer service representatives (CSR), who answer in-coming calls from customers who want to place orders or who have complaints, cost-of-living raises.They decide, instead, to give one-time bonuses based on CSR productivity.That is, more productive CSRs will get larger bonuses.This ensures ____.

Suppose that two preteen girls take turns brushing each other's hair.These girls are demonstrating ____.

Modelling helpful behaviour can promote helping behaviour equally well whether it is a live model or a televised model.

Which couple is MOST likely to survive an isolated incident of sexual infidelity in which one partner cheats but the other partner remains faithful?

Under what circumstances are attractive victims more likely to receive help than unattractive victims?

What is a good example of prosocial behaviour?

Identify and briefly describe the five steps (discussed in the textbook) that people pass through in determining whether and how to render help in an emergency situation.Also identify the key obstacles (things that might prevent people from providing needed help) at each stage.