Exam 12: Helping Behavior
Exam 1: Theories and Methods in Social Psychology143 Questions
Exam 2: Person Perception172 Questions
Exam 3: Social Cognition150 Questions
Exam 4: The Self157 Questions
Exam 5: Attitudes and Attitude Change159 Questions
Exam 6: Prejudice122 Questions
Exam 7: Social Influence129 Questions
Exam 8: Interpersonal Attraction122 Questions
Exam 9: Personal Relationships134 Questions
Exam 10: Behavior in Groups134 Questions
Exam 11: Gender128 Questions
Exam 12: Helping Behavior132 Questions
Exam 13: Aggression132 Questions
Exam 14: Social Psychology and Health122 Questions
Exam 15: Social Psychology and the Law121 Questions
Select questions type
The negative-state relief model attempts to explain why ________ moods may increase helping.
(Short Answer)
4.9/5
(41)
Social psychologists use the terms altruism and prosocial behavior interchangeably.
(True/False)
4.8/5
(31)
Research on the effects of modeling and reinforcement on helping behavior shows that
(Multiple Choice)
4.7/5
(46)
Researchers asked students whether they would be willing to help a girl named Carol who had broken her legs in an accident and was behind in her schoolwork. They found that students were most likely to help when
(Multiple Choice)
4.9/5
(38)
According to research by Shotland and Huston (1979), which is NOT one of the characteristics that lead us to perceive an event as an emergency?
(Multiple Choice)
4.8/5
(37)
Most of the help that people give and receive occurs in the context of
(Multiple Choice)
4.9/5
(37)
Studies have shown that people who live in ________ are generally the most helpful.
(Short Answer)
4.7/5
(46)
The notion that any genetically determined trait that has a high survival value will tend to be passed on to the next generation is a cornerstone of
(Multiple Choice)
4.7/5
(35)
Caroline was feeling guilty about having said she would not help a friend move into her new apartment. When she came across an old woman who needed help crossing the street, Caroline quickly offered her assistance. Her behavior could be explained by
(Multiple Choice)
4.9/5
(33)
Welfare recipients often feel a loss personal freedom, and may experience feelings of hostility in response to this loss. This reaction can be explained by
(Multiple Choice)
5.0/5
(43)
A study of helping behavior among college students by Regan (1968) found that subjects bought more raffle tickets from a confederate when
(Multiple Choice)
4.9/5
(33)
The ________ effect relates the number of people present in an emergency to the likelihood of the victim receiving help.
(Short Answer)
4.8/5
(40)
Research suggests that we are most likely to help people when
(Multiple Choice)
4.9/5
(36)
People are often less likely to help others when they are in a hurry.
(True/False)
4.9/5
(35)
Identify and describe two pieces of evidence both for and against the evolutionary perspective on prosocial behavior.
(Essay)
4.9/5
(35)
One factor affecting the extent to which we feel personally responsible for helping is our degree of competence.
(True/False)
4.8/5
(39)
Which is NOT an explanation offered for the behavior of the "rescuers"
In Nazi Europe?
(Multiple Choice)
4.8/5
(37)
Studies have demonstrated that overbenefitted people act to restore ________ when they can.
(Short Answer)
4.8/5
(34)
Evaluation apprehension refers to the fact that people are more likely to acknowledge help received from others in public than in private.
(True/False)
4.9/5
(43)
Showing 61 - 80 of 132
Filters
- Essay(0)
- Multiple Choice(0)
- Short Answer(0)
- True False(0)
- Matching(0)