Exam 9: Prosocial Behavior: Doing What’s Best for Others

If a workgroup operates under the ________________ norm, then each person in the group will be rewarded in direct proportion to the amount that he or she contributed.

Pluralistic ignorance is MOST likely to occur ____.

Star and Aisha are at a restaurant, and both of them are thinking about ordering a particular risotto plate. If Star goes ahead and orders the risotto, then Aisha will probably ____.

Una has done a number of things to annoy her boyfriend recently-she crashed his car, is repeatedly late for dates, and was rude to his mother-and she feels a bit bad. However, Una's boyfriend has forgiven her for each of her offenses. As a result, Una is likely to ____.

Given the research on gender and helping, in which of the following situations would women be most likely to help more than men?

Compared to non-human animals, humans are most notably ____.

According to evolutionary theory, it can be adaptive for people to help others who share their genes. This idea is known as ____.

Research on who helps whom indicates that ____.

Suppose that you are in a ship wreck and numerous people around you are drowning. No one present knows how to swim except for you. According to evolutionary theory, if you only had time to save one person, which of the following people would you save?

Identify and briefly describe the five steps (discussed in the textbook) that people pass through in determining whether and how to render help in an emergency situation. Also identify the key obstacles (things that might prevent people from providing needed help) at each stage.

Equity is another word for equality; the equity norm and the equality norm are the same thing.

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

The classic studies on obedience to an authority figure were conducted in 1963 by the psychologist ____.

As discussed in the text, social psychologists who study altruism have found that people who are altruistic tend to ____ compared to people who are not altruistic.

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

Who is most likely to be trusted?

In Axelrod's computer tournament, tit-for-tat emerged as the strategy to earn players the most points.

According to the textbook, the opposite of prosocial behavior is ____.

Brenda has never forgiven Brad for having an affair he had a few years ago. Even though she has agreed to stay in the marriage, every time they have a new problem, what is Brenda likely to do (based on research cited in your text)?

Modeling helpful behavior can promote helping behavior equally well whether it is a live model or a televised model.