Chapter 12: Helping Flashcards
A motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s self interest
Altruism
The idea of selective altruism towards one’s close family members in order to enhance the survival of mutually shared genes
Kin Selection
Social Exchange —->
Social norms —->
Evolutionary ——>
Relief from distress
Social responsibility norm
Kin selection
The vicarious experience of another’s feelings is
Empathy
An altruistic person
Cares for others and helps them even when there’s no obvious benefits
In the kitty case, it was initially reported that 38 members were awakened by her screams. It was later found out about a dozen neighbors, witnessed her murder, out of which only ______ called the police and _______. intervened until the attacker left. 
Only two, no one
And social exchange theory we seek to
Minimize costs and maximize rewards
Has the number of people aware of an emergency increases, the likelihood of helping given
Decreases
We are most likely to have immediate family members. The explanation for our want to protect people with similar genes is called.
Kin selection
What is study found that people are more likely to stop and help someone change a flat tire if they saw someone else doing the same thing earlier on the road. This effect is due to
Prosocial modeling
Which is the theories about altruism below suggest that helping people is mostly motivated by external reports?
Social exchange theory
Charlie and Batsons experiment at Princeton found that _____ was the major factor explaining why some seminary students stopped and helped
Time
When parents suffer for their children, or rejoices for their children’s accomplishments. This parent is experiencing ______ for the children.
Empathy
Few people want to appear prejudiced. People favor their own race, but keep that buy a secret to preserve a positive image. If so, the same race by should appear only when people can attribute failure to help
Factors other than race
In numerous accounts of individuals, being attacked or injured when no one helped, the one commonality was
There are many bystanders
Which is false?
In an emergency, everybody acts the same.
A study found that when collaborators dropped coins or pencils in an elevator, blank of the people helped, when only one other person was on the elevator
About 40%
In regard to altruism, women compared to men, are ________ to risk death as holocaust rescuers, donate a kidney, or volunteer with the peace corp
As likely, if not more likely
Religion, crimes helpfulness toward _______, while God primes helpfulness toward ______
In group member, outgroup members
In Darley and Batsons, experiment at Princeton, _____ of the participants, stopped and helped the man slumped in the doorway, coughing, and groaning, when reminded that they were running late to a recording studio.
Only 10%
Research shows that helping goes out of the person needing help introduces themselves by name and looks the other person in the eye. This kind of approach is increasing the ______ of the situation.
Personalized appeal
Set a time on that we are ____ likely to help someone of the same race when bystanders are present
More
And he said he buy a real college research team lead by Richard K, after visitors to the Portland Art museum disobeyed a please don’t touch sign and were reprimanded. ______ offered to help another experimenter who accidentally drop some thing
58%
According to white and Gerstein, people, high and blank, are tune to others expectations, and are therefore helpful if they think helpfulness will be socially rewarded.
Self monitoring
Which of the following statements is true of morally inclusive people?
They are moral concern encircles, diverse people.
Which of the following statements in general is true
Women are more likely than men to help friends. Men are more likely than women to help in dangerous situations.
A research survey found that one out of four less religious. American said they have volunteered in the last week. What was the percentage of religious Americans who said they had done so?
50%
True or false: feeling guilty decreases, someone’s willingness to help.
False
Rescuers of Jewish people in Nazi Germany, leaders of the anti-slavery movement, and medical missionaries share at least one common trait, which is
Moral Inclusion
