Exam 17: Extension C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Intergroup conflict between two groups of boys at a summer camp was most efficiently reduced by emergencies that required the cooperation of both groups.

A(n) ____________________ refers to the observation that we are most likely to help someone else when we are able to "feel that person's pain." ______________ or ______________.

Rebecca feels that her history professor is making the class more difficult than it needs to be, so she calls a classmate to get his opinion.Rebecca has engaged in ____________________.

With regard to romantic love, the nearly exclusive attention lovers give to one another is called ____________________.

In Jane Elliot's elementary school classroom, extremely prejudiced behavior was generated on the basis of eye color and ____________________.

Explain how frustration, aversive stimuli, and aggression cues encourage aggression.

Overdisclosure often results in growing trust and intimacy and a tendency to respond in the same way.

Defining an event as an "emergency" is a necessary prerequisite for involving oneself in a helping process.

When looking at the concept of "race," it is important to remember that

Which of the following is recommended as the BEST way of increasing cultural awareness?

Physically attractive people are generally rated by other people as being more intelligent, warm, witty, and likeable, a phenomenon known as the halo effect.

The ____________________ theory emphasizes that we learn to be aggressive by observing aggressive models. ______________ or ______________.

Which of the following is NOT helpful in reducing prejudice?

According to Sternberg, a relationship in which commitment is based only on passion with the two partners not sharing any emotional connectedness is called empty love.

When intervening means "reporting an incident" _____ likely to respond, while if the intervention requires direct action, _____ likely to respond.

Describe the four decision points that people must pass through before giving help, and explain what may hinder them from passing through these points.

The need for ____________________ is based on the basic human desires for approval, support, friendship, and information as well as a desire to alleviate fear and anxiety.

Bystander intervention is increased by which of the following factors?

In the intercom experiment in which the subjects heard a person having a seizure, those that did not intervene and report the incident

Which of the following is NOT helpful in reducing prejudice?