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According to Daniel Batson, truly altruistic helping arises from

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Personal distress and Empathy

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When we see an elderly person or a small child in distress, we are likely to help the individual. This helping behavior is an example of the norm of

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Social responsibility

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What famous area of research developed from the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese?

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Bystander effect

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6. Larry realizes he needs some additional tax deductions, so he donates his family's old clothing and household goods to a local charity. His behavior would be considered an example of?

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Egoism

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When a house catches fire during the night, a distraught parent keeps re-entering the burning house, first retrieving her own children and then retrieving her children's visiting friends. The parent's behavior would support the concept of

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Kin selection

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The rules of conduct that prescribe the manner which people should generally behave are called

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Social norms

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Money and food donations are pouring in to help victims of a devastating flood. However, all donations drop off dramatically when it becomes public knowledge that these flood victims had been warned twice that their homes were in a flood plain and that they should move. This change in charitable behavior is an example of

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just world belief

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A classmate asks you to explain a very complex social psychology concept to him. You do so, very carefully and thoroughly. He says "you're more confused that I am. You're no help at all." Later that day, a second classmate asks you for similar help. Based on previous research, in what way are you going to respond to the second request for help?

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less likely to help

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According to the arousal-cost reward model, people are more likely to intervene when the

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The personal cost is low but the exterior cost is high if there is no intervention

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The belief that the presence of others in a situation makes one less personally responsible for what happens is called the

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Diffusion of responsibility

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Social psychologist have found that, in general, positive affect or good mood causes

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Prosocial behavior

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Receiving help that cannot be reciprocated often leads to the recipient feeling

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Guilty

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Norma mows her elderly neighbor's lawn every 2 weeks. In exchange, her neighbors keep an eye on her house and feed her pets whenever she is away. These neighbors are

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Reciprocally altruistic

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If you'd like your children to engage in Prosocial behaviors, it's best for you to have them

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Model your own behavior

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What is the core concept of the evaluation apprehension approach to social facilitation?

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You're worried about others judging you

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What is diminished individual effort by those submerges in a group called?

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Social Loafing

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One key factor in reducing social loafing appears to be?

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Potential evaluations. Social ostracism, depending on gender differences

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What is the exaggeration of a groups prevailing tendencies through discussion called

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Group polarization

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When a cohesive group sustains a decrement in mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment, they are vulnerable to

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Group think

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When males were ostracized for social loafing, their reaction tended be

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Social loafing continued because they see themselves distancing from the group as their choice and continue to do so

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In the bowl of nuts task (Edney), researchers found that the majority of people playing the game were more likely to

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Steal all the nuts immediately and end the game

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Which of the following is emphasized by the social comparison explanation for group polarization?

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Normative influence

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A situational factor that has been shown to increase the audience inhibition effect is

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People are inhibited to help due to a fear of being negatively evaluated by other bystanders if they intervene

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Which of the following is NOT a defining characteristic in making behavior prosocial?

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Definition: A voluntary behavior carried out to benefit another person.

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An individual's feeling of moral obligation to provide help to specific others in specific situations defines

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Researchers found that a few months after an adult merely preached on the importance of charity, but did not behave charitably, children who heard the preaching actually behaved more charitably compared to children who had NOT heard the preaching. What social psychological concept can BEST account for this behavior?

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On a crowded beach, a lifeguard watches hundreds of people shouting at each other, staying under water for extended periods of time, and engaging in unpredictable behaviors in the water. Before the lifeguard springs into action, he or she must decide

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Informative- based on logical arguments

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According to Pillavin, when someone is in a bad mood, their helping behavior may be motivated by

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altruistic—and being altruistic might make your mood improve

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a defensive attribution?

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is a social psychological term from the attributional approach referring to a set of beliefs held by an individual with the function of defending the individual from concern that they will be the cause or victim of a mishap.

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When it comes to gender differences in helping, which statement most accurately reflects current findings?

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Why does receiving help often results in resentment and distress?

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Because you feel obligated to give back

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If you suddenly became very ill, in which of the following situations would you receive the quickest help?

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Researchers have found that helping behavior is facilitated when the helper and helpee are similar in terms of?

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By definition, which of the following, constitutes a group?

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DEF: Several interdependent people who have emotional ties and interact on a regular basis.

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Karen has become concerned that her church has to spend more time and money on its own social events and material improvements than it does on charitable work for the less fortunate. She voices her concerns at several congregational meetings. If the other members are UNWILLING to change the direction of the church's efforts, Karen may enter into the

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After several hours of intensive review for a big upcoming test, the study group adjourns to a local pub for a round of beers. This demonstrates that

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An experiment psychologist observes that trained rats run a familiar maze faster if other rats are present in the maze. Which principle accounts for this behavior?

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social facilitation

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On what kinds of group tasks is performance improved by anonymity?

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Reduce Loafing

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A group of people meet every week to support each other in their difficulties. This group is primarily working on what kind of task?

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mere presence

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What is the loss of a sense of individual identity and the lessening of self-restraint that can occur in group situations called?

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deindividualization

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According to Edward Diener, one way to reduce the effects of deindividuation is to

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increase private self-awareness

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All of the members of the Jones-Davis family who are over 10 years old can vote on where to go for their annual family vacation. All of the members must agree on the vacation site. On what kind of decision rule does this club operate?

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unanimity

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An institutional review board meets to evaluate the ethics of Dr. Miller's research proposal, what type of task it this?

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People tend to see members of a group as similar to one another, even for groups to which they belong. The effects though, tend to be stronger in perceptions of outgroups. This effect is called

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Which of the following is emphasized by the social comparison explanation for group polarization?

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normative influence

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In the Tragedy of the Commons, farmers raised too many

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Cows

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When males were ostracized for social loafing, their reaction tended to be

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the person continued to loaf

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In the bowl of nuts task (Edney), researchers found that the majority of people playing the game were more likely to

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one person takes all the nuts

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Although it takes time and trouble for the Hatfields to store and prepare items for recycling, they realize that NOT recycling ultimately leads to higher costs for landfills and environmental damage. This family is faced with

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perceived costs

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Which of the following is NOT an effective way to solve social dilemmas?

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bribary

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Which of the following does NOT lead to an increased likelihood of groupthink?

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Definition: consensus seeking overrides critical analysis

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A couple is assembling a backyard storage shed from a kit. What kind of task is this?

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