Exam 9: Prosocial Behavior: Helping Others

A) volunteers who feel more satisfaction tend to strengthen their social relationships and tend to reduce their negative feelings
B) volunteers who feel more satisfaction tend to volunteer more hours per week,but satisfaction is unrelated to continued volunteerism
C) volunteers who feel more satisfaction tend to grow and develop psychologically through their activities and tend to learn more about the world around them
D) volunteers who feel more satisfaction tend to be more committed to the particular cause for which they have volunteered and tend to volunteer for a longer period of time
E) volunteers who feel more satisfaction tend to volunteer fewer hours per week,but tend to continued volunteering for a longer period of time

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A) the bystander believes the person who needs help is not responsible for the situation
B) the person who needs help has the same facial expression as the bystander
C) the bystander likes the person who needs help
D) the bystander was in a particularly positive mood before encountering the emergency
E) the bystander fears potential negative consequences of trying to help

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A) to have a relatively low need for achievement
B) to feel a strong need to control his environment
C) to be somewhat more aggressive than other people
D) to be slightly mistrustful of others and cynical
E) to be a kind,empathetic person

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A) the recipient has a high level of self-esteem
B) the helper feels incompetent
C) the helper is motivated by self-interest
D) the helper and recipient are similar
E) the recipient does not feel worthy of the help being given

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A) helping a person often relieves a negative mood.
B) helping a person can lead to a reward.
C) empathy led Emily to help the child.
D) the child was able to articulate how much he was helped.
E) the child's mom was not a relative of Emily's.

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A) increases; remains the same
B) decreases; decreases
C) decreases; increases

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A) he thinks the presence of the money will encourage those who are unwilling to donate to walk away more quickly
B) he believes this will influence the way his listeners perceive his music
C) he feels the money in the guitar case is an incentive to encourage him to give better performances than he otherwise might
D) he believes the money will increase the number of people who are attracted to the music he is playing
E) he believes the presence of the money will act as a model for prosocial behavior for his audience

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A) the need to gain career-relevant experience and to strengthen social relationships
B) the need to gain understanding and enhance their own self-esteem
C) the need to act on values such as humanitarianism
D) the need to strengthen social relationships and to gain career-related experiences
E) the need to reduce negative feelings,such as guilt,and to exercise skills that are often unused

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A) the bystander effect
B) selective altruism
C) the understanding function

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A) people often fail to recognize emergency situations as such
B) people usually want to be left alone and not deal with other's predicaments
C) people often do not help others when they are alone
D) people who are poor swimmers should not go to the beach alone
E) people often decide that they cannot help when they do not know what to do

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A) the negative influence of her peers may replace positive parental influence
B) she is likely to become an increasingly rude,unpleasant person
C) she will become increasingly cynical until she reaches early adulthood
D) her parents will continue to be the most important influence in her life
E) she will come to resent the influence her parents exert on her

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A) make themselves feel better by helping others
B) not feel much empathy for others
C) feel empathy only for those people who had previously excluded them
D) feel empathy for others who were similarly rejected
E) become extremely helpful toward person of lower status

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A) tied to external factors
B) uncontrollable
C) controllable
D) the end result of chance factors
E) the end result of a just world

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