psych 5

Question 1

Trait

Answer 1

a relatively stable tendency to think/behave in a particular way

Question 2

Oliner & Oliner (1988)

Answer 2

Studied personalities of “rescuers” and “non-rescuers” during the Holocaust

Rescuers:

reported warm & stable relationships with parents (secure attachment)

High in empathy, sense of responsibility for welfare of others, self-efficacy

Question 3

Interpersonal Reactivity Index (Davis, 1983)

Answer 3

a questionnaire designed to measure different aspects of empathy.

Question 4

Carlo et al. (1991)

Answer 4

found evidence of predictive validity for the IRI. (the scale)

Question 5

Prosocial Personality Battery (Penner, 1995)

Answer 5

evaluates how much a person tends to care about others and how likely they are to engage in actions that help others

2 DIMENSIONS

1. other-oriented empathy
2. helpfulness

Question 6

Fisher & Nadler’s Threat-to-Self-Esteem Model

Answer 6

A) Self-Supportive when recipient feels appreciated / cared for

B) Self-Threatening when recipient feels inferior & overly dependent

basically its saying: the recipient’s perception of help depends on feelings of appreciation vs. inferiority.

Question 7

Paradox of Help Seeking

Answer 7

Don’t ask = don’t get help with problem

Ask = get help but take hit to self-esteem

Question 8

Medvene (1992)

Answer 8

Results:
For both social & academic problems, Ps favoured asking similar peers (not pros)

Question 9

Lyubomirsky et al., 2005

Answer 9

RAK experiment - random act kindness

Ps who committed 5 RAKs/week for 6 weeks happier than control group

Question 10

Be My Eyes

Answer 10

app for visually impaired to receive help