Exam 22: Altruism and Antisocial Behaviour

This method is used to assess unconscious bias known as implicit prejudice

Cosmides and Tooby (e.g., 2005) used the Wasson selection task to gather evidence of these psychological mechanisms.

Explain the nature of prejudice including the distinction between stereotypes, hostility and discrimination, and the key features of racism and sexism.

One factor that appears to be present frequently when _________occurs is the emotion of _________at the out-group.

The tendency to favour and extend loyalty to members of one's own group is known as

This theory stresses the fact that natural selection operates on genes, not on individuals and their bodies

The tendency for a person to be less likely to intervene and offer help to a stranger in an emergency situation when others a present is known as the ______.

According to Allport's intergroup contact theory, prejudice is diminished when positive, constructive contact occurs between members of different groups.

According to this theory, psychological attributes that motivate altruism will evolve under conditions where altruism is expected to be reciprocated at some point in the future.

These explanations describe how the effects of some behaviour would have benefited the survival and reproduction of human beings over evolutionary time and therefore evolved through natural selection.

Jackson et al found that areas of the _________normally activated when one experiences pain were also activated by viewing __________about to experience pain

The probability of bystander apathy increases when the situation is _________and where those needing help are _____.

All of the following are considered prosocial behaviours or emotions, EXCEPT:

According to this hypothesis, anger and consequent aggression can arise from virtually any form of unpleasant event

According to __________theory, human behaviour is motivated to manage or reduce the terror that results from _________of our eventual death.

The forces that shaped the capacity or tendency for behaviour are known as

According to this theory, an organism is reproductively fit not only to the extent that it can survive and reproduce, but also to the extent that it passes on its genetic line to new generations.

Although both men and women are capable of extreme forms of aggression, direct physical aggression is

In contrast to early research on the bystander effect, the more dangerous the circumstance and the more clear-cut the physical danger,

__________refers to automatic, unconscious bias against a group, typically measured using the _____.