Exam 9: Prosocial Behavior: Doing Whats Best for Others

In social psychology, the story of Kitty Genovese's murder has been closely linked with the study of ____.

________________ is going along with the crowd.

Research indicates that there are a number of ways to increase helping. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

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

When it comes to helping others, how do humans compare other animals?

Social psychologists distinguish between two types of helping, which are defined by different motives: ____.

The Identification with All Humanity Scale is a measure of ____.

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

Last weekend Victor helped his sister move into her new apartment. He didn't really feel like helping her, but he wanted to put her "in his debt," because he is planning to ask her if he can stay at her place for a couple of weeks. By helping his sister move, Victor was thus apparently engaging in ____.

Identify some of the factors that make people more or less likely to help others. Who helps the most, and in what cases (whom)are they especially likely to help?

The so-called prisoner's dilemma is a paradigm that is used by social psychologists to study people's tendency to ____.

Research with humans and monkeys on fairness-and the concepts of being overbenefited versus underbenefited-indicates that ____.

The term ____ refers to the extent to which all people are treated as ingroup members.

In one well-known study of helping behavior, researchers examined helping among a sample of theology students. Students were either (a)put under time pressure or not put under time pressure and (b)expecting to give a speech about the parable of the (very helpful)Good Samaritan or expecting to give a speech about something else. What did the researchers find?

In evolutionary theory, the tendency for people to help others who share their genes is known as ________________.

Standards that are established by society regarding what types of behavior are typical or expected are known as ____.

Pluralistic ignorance is MOST likely to occur ____.

Jude's dad helped him buy a car when he graduated from college. When Jude's son graduated from college, Jude felt he should help his son in the same way. Social scientists would call this ____.

Many people who hold prejudiced attitudes towards ethnic minority groups attempt to justify their prejudices by suggesting that group competition for jobs, housing, healthcare, and other social resources is a(n)____. For example, they claim: "The more jobs that other groups get, the fewer good jobs there will be left for people from my group."

Emma's company cannot even afford to give cost-of-living raises to everyone, so they opt to give every full-time employee a one-time $500 bonus, regardless of the employee's salary or responsibilities. This ensures ____.