Exam 12: Helping Behavior
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Evolutionary approaches to helping do not explain why people sometimes perform completely selfless acts for the sake of strangers. According to Campbell, these acts are better explained by
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Studies of the association between political party identification and helping behavior suggest that
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Describe 3 of the functions that volunteerism may serve for individuals.
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Studies linking equity principles and helping have shown that
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The Darley and Batson "Good Samaritan"study (1973) showed that people are least likely to help others when they are ________.
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What are three social norms that influence helping behavior in our society? Give an example of each.
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Dara reads a story about a teenager whose parents were killed in a fire and now has no home and no money to live on. Dara is moved by the story and feels sympathy and compassion for the teenager. If she is like most people Dara will be motivated to
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When overhearing a fight between a man and a woman, the students in Shotland and Straw's (1976) research were most likely to provide help if they thought the fight was between
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Identify the four steps in the decision-making approach to prosocial behavior.
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Research has generally been supportive of the decision-making perspective on helping behavior.
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Parents are expected to help their children because of the norm of __________.
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People are more likely to seek help when they believe their problem is caused by a __________.
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Which of the following theories suggests that people consider the potential gains and losses that will result from helping another person?
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Studies of "Good Samaritans"Who have intervened to stop a crime from taking place have shown that
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Children who are told that they have a helpful personality are more likely to help than those who are praised more generally for their helpfulness.
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Sam chooses not to offer help to a person having car trouble because he doesn't know much about cars and is afraid that he will look stupid. Sam is suffering from
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According to ________ theory, people want to maximize their personal freedom and react negatively when that freedom is threatened.
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Laws that require bystanders to an emergency to help a potential victim are based on a
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