Question 1

Self-attributions are important in the development of prosocial behaviour because:

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Question 2

Prosocial behaviour is more likely to be found in children who:

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Children who attribute their behaviour to internal causes are more likely to engage in prosocial behaviour because they see themselves as responsible for their actions and are motivated by internal values and empathy.

Question 3

According to the ____________ hypothesis, altruism is elicited as a result of feeling a connection with another person witnessed to be in distress.

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The empathy-altruism hypothesis suggests that altruistic behavior is motivated by feelings of empathy and connection with someone in distress.

Question 4

Studies on modelling and prosocial behaviour have shown that:

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Research indicates that children who observe prosocial models often exhibit durable and generalized prosocial behaviors, meaning they can apply the learned behavior to different situations beyond the specific activity they observed.

Question 5

Those who have failed in some way are more likely to help those who know of their failure. This is about the _______ hypothesis.

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Question 6

People who have harmed another often resort to:

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Question 7

Watching prosocial behaviour on television:

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Research has shown that children who watch prosocial behavior on television are more likely to exhibit prosocial behaviors themselves, as they tend to imitate what they observe.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT one of the norms relevant to prosocial behaviour?

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The norm of altruism is not typically listed as a social norm guiding prosocial behavior. The other options are recognized norms that influence prosocial actions.

Question 9

In relation to prosocial behaviour, cognitive processing capacity (the ability to notice what is going on around us) may increase when:

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Being in a good mood can enhance cognitive processing capacity, making individuals more aware of their surroundings and more likely to engage in prosocial behavior.

Question 10

The finding that participants who experience failure are more likely to help if the request for help or charity comes from a person who is aware of their failure indicates a support for:

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Question 11

According to the text, people in a bad mood might be less likely to act prosocially because:

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Question 12

One might suspect that people who make anonymous donations are lower than other donors in:

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Anonymous donors are likely lower in the need for approval since they do not seek recognition for their contributions.

Question 13

In a study in which a confederate of the experimenter dropped a load of books, participants who were high in the need for social approval helped more when they:

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Question 14

Reparative altruism suggests that:

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Reparative altruism refers to the idea that after causing harm or feeling guilty, individuals may engage in altruistic behavior to repair their self-image or alleviate guilt.

Question 15

According to research reviewed in the textbook, what are the main findings regarding video games and prosocial behavior?

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Research indicates that prosocial games can increase prosocial behavior and empathy, while violent games can decrease prosocial behavior. Additionally, playing prosocial games may reduce feelings of schadenfreude.

Question 16

A field study of helping when an apparently blind researcher was about to cross a street found:

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The study found high rates of helping in Vienna and lower rates in New York and Kuala Lumpur, indicating variability in helping behavior across different cities.

Question 17

When Knafo et al (2009) reanalyzed the data in the above study, they found a negative correlation between offering help to a stranger and:

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Knafo et al (2009) found that individuals with a high emphasis on family unit and less focus on strangers (embeddedness) were less likely to offer help to strangers, indicating a negative correlation.

Question 18

The view that an observer's empathic response to a sufferer's distress produces personal sadness, and that the individual acts to help the sufferer because of the egotistic motivation to relieve his/her own sadness, is an example of:

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The negative-state relief hypothesis suggests that people help others to alleviate their own negative emotions, such as sadness, rather than out of genuine altruism.

Question 19

Researchers using the lost letter technique in various neighbourhoods in London found that about ______ of the letters were returned in rich neighbourhoods, and 37% in poorest nieghbourhoods.

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The lost letter technique study found that 87% of the letters were returned in rich neighbourhoods, while only 37% were returned in the poorest neighbourhoods.

Question 20

How does religion relate to helping behaviour?

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Highly religious people, especially those with intrinsic religious orientation, are more likely to help because their actions are motivated by internalized beliefs and values rather than external rewards.

Quiz 9: Prosocial Behaviour