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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER ELEVEN EXAM
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them in the future, they are being guided by:
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norm of reciprocity.Question 2: Some evolutionary theorists argue that natural selection also operates at the level of the
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group Question 3: Who is most likely to stop to help injured people involved in a car accident?
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Dawn, who is a nurse Question 4: Altruism is:
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the desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper AND performed without any regard to self-interests.
Question 5: Of the 7,000 people who received medals from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for risking their lives to save a stranger, _____ percent have been _____.
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91; men
Question 6: Altruism
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The desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper Question 7: Which of the following best illustrates the kind of thinking influenced by diffusion of responsibility throughout a group?
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"Why should I risk helping when others could as easily help?" Question 8: Prosocial behavior is:
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performed with the goal of benefiting another person.Question 9: How does social exchange theory differ from the evolutionary approach to prosocial behavior?
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Only the evolutionary approach traces prosocial behavior back to evolutionary roots Question 10: Having identified a situation as a clear emergency requiring help, helping may still
be inhibited by:
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diffusion of responsibility.
Question 11: Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
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The idea that when we feel empathy for a person, we will attempt to help that person purely for altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain.
Question 12: When may we be LESS helpful toward friends than toward strangers?
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when the task is very important to our self-esteem Question 13: Latané and Darley (1970) attributed the murder of Kitty Genovese in New York City
to the:
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large number of bystanders who witnessed the emergency.
Question 14: In-group
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The group with which an individual identifies as a member.Question 15: group of indiv witness a painter fall off a ladder&groan Bc it is not clear if the painter is seriously hurt or not dey all look2each other2see wat every1 else is doing Bc no1 is offering2help each indiv. fails2do anything. an ex of failure to help due to
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informational social influence.Question 16: Why do researchers typically find that people who score high on personality tests of altruism are no more likely to help than those who score low?
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because situational influences also determine helping behavior
Question 17: Altruistic Personality
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The qualities that cause an individual to help others in a wide variety of situations.Question 18: Which of the following best characterizes the effects of mood on helping behavior?
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Either good or bad moods can increase helping.
Question 19: Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis states that we will help a victim of
misfortune regardless of whether helping is in our best interests if:
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we experience the victim's pain and suffering.Question 20: According to Latané and Darley's (1970) step-by-step description of how people
decide whether to help in an emergency, noticing the event is followed by:
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interpreting the event as an emergency.Question 21: The notion of kin selection dictates that you are most likely to help someone who
is:
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genetically similar to you.Question 22: Which of the following relationships is most likely to be based on exchange?
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Laura and Tina, who recently developed a friendship at work Question 23: _____ factors come into play in determining how strongly people draw the line between in- groups and out-groups.
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Cultural Question 24: The bystander effect can be defined as:
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the likelihood that any one person will help decreases as the number of witnesses to an emergency increases.
Question 25: Urban Overload Hypothesis
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The theory that people living in cities are constantly being bombarded with stimulation and that they keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed by it.