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1. Two social norms that can motivate helping behavior are
2. According to social exchange theory, relationships are best understood by:
applying evolutionary theory to social behaviour.
assuming that others will treat us the way we treat them.
realizing that people desire to maximize their rewards & minimize their costs.
examining people's use of information gleaned by observing others in the situation.
3. The Bystander Effect can be defined as:
the attempt to help people regardless of what we have to gain.
the assumption that others will treat us the way we treat them.
the likelihood that people will perform impulsive & deviant acts increases as group size increases.
the likelihood that any one person will help decreases as the number of witnesses to an emergency increases.
4. Helping behaviour that is performed even when it has a cost to the helper is
altruism.
reciprocity.
kin selection.
prosocial behaviour.
5. Which of the following best illustrates the kind of thinking influenced by diffusion of responsibility throughout a group?
"I hope I don't make things worse than they already are by trying to help."
"Everyone seems to be reacting calmly. Maybe there's no real problem."
"Why should I risk helping when others could as easily help?"
"If no one else is offering help, I guess it's up to me."
6. Having identified a situation as a clear emergency requiring help, helping may still be inhibited by
diffusion of responsibility.
pluralistic ignorance.
overjustification.
distraction.
7. The vicarious experience of another’s feeling is
egoism.
altruism.
empathy.
voyeurism.
8. If you find a lost wallet, you ought to return it to its owner or turn it in to the proper authorities. Such a set of rules for how you ought to behave is called a
norm.
template.
natural law.
moral schema.
9. The social-responsibility norm refers to the expectation that
people will help when necessary in order to receive help themselves later.
to receive help, people have the responsibility to ask for it.
leaders should help more than regular group members.
people will help those who depend on them.
10. Darley & Latané describe a sequence of decisions a bystander must make before he or she will intervene in an emergency. Which of the following is not one of the specific steps?
noticing the incident
assessing the victim’s desire for help
interpreting the incident as an emergency
assuming personal responsibility for intervening
11. A person selling memberships in a magazine club hands potential buyers a bookmark before beginning the sales pitch. This person is trying to boost sales by taking advantage of the:
12. A person who witnesses an emergency alone is ________ than a person who witnesses an emergency in the presence of others.
13. ________ most often follows the inadvertent violation of a social norm or the receipt of unexpected attention from others.
14. An example of pure altruism would be the
15. The dominant theory which explains "bystander apathy" say its due to
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Social Psychology
Robert C. Gates
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