Exam 9: Prosocial Behavior: Doing Whats Best for Others

How does money impact self-sufficiency?

Research on who helps whom indicates that ____.

Yesi is working on a group project. Because her project partners are somewhat greedy, she is concerned that she will not get the credit she deserves for her work. That is, she is concerned about being ________________.

A series of studies conducted in restaurants indicates that when people dine in groups, they tend to order ____. This finding can be explained by the fact that ____.

Ella's company cannot afford to give their customer service representatives (CSR), who answer in-comping 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 ____.

In one well-known study on empathy, participants had to watch a confederate ("Elaine")receive electric shocks. They were told either that they had to watch 10 full trials of shocks, or that they could leave after watching the first two trials only. They were also told that their values and interests were similar to those of the confederate (similar group), or that their values and interests were different from those of the confederate (dissimilar group). After the first two trials had been completed, participants were asked whether they would switch places with the confederate-she was apparently very upset by the shocks due to a negative childhood experience with electricity. The researchers found that, in the dissimilar group, ____ agreed to switch places.

Jose 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, Jose is likely to

In one well-known study on empathy, participants were given the option of (a)leaving the study, or (b)switching places with a confederate who was receiving random electrical shocks but was very upset by them (because of a negative childhood experience she had with electricity). Participants were given this option after having been told that their values and interests were similar to those of the confederate or after having been told that their values and interests were different from those of the confederate. What were the results of this study?

In one well-known study of helping behavior, researchers examined helping among a sample of theology students. The students were either (a)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. Which students turned out to be the most helpful?

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

Which dyad is most likely to experience mutual cooperation in a prisoner's dilemma game?

The positive emotion that results from the knowledge that one has benefited from the costly, intentional, voluntary action of another is known as ____.

Alicia and her friends are singing karaoke. Alicia is an extremely talented singer-much better than her friends. She feels awkward about being so good, however, so she sort of "fakes bad"; she doesn't want her friends to be envious of her singing talent. Social psychologists would say that Alicia is experiencing ____.

Some evidence suggests that empathy levels are ____ in college students.

Many have argued that Milgram's classic research on obedience to authority was unethical. Indeed, Milgram's research provided much of the impetus for the implementation of ethics committees and research review boards in universities. Why? What was the chief complaint?

In Vohs et al.'s (2006)experiments, people who had been primed with a screen saver of dollar bills tended to ____ than people who had a blank screen or a fish screen saver image as a prime.

Suppose that Eli has a strong belief in a just world, and that he is just like other people who have a strong belief in a just world. How should we expect him to respond when he is asked what he thinks about a new social welfare program to benefit the elderly?

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

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