Unit 4, Topic 2 - Interpersonal processes

Question 1

Bibb Darley and John Latane 1968

Answer 1

Proposed a three-stage model of bystander intervention. A bystander must go through each stage in order to intervene.
1)Notice the situation/event
2)Interpret the situation as required intervention
3)Taking responsibility for the situation.

Question 2

Prosocial behaviour

Answer 2

Intentional and selfless behaviour that benefits others/society and is positively valued by the receiver.

Question 3

Reciprocity principle (social influence of prosocial behaviour)

Answer 3

The social expectation that if someone helps or would help you, then you should help them.

Question 4

Social responsibility (social influence of prosocial behaviour)

Answer 4

The social expectation that members of a society should provide help to those in need without expecting the favour to be returned.

Question 5

Empathy (personal influence of prosocial behaviour)

Answer 5

Empathy may prompt an individual to act prosocially out of concern for someone or to alleviate their second-hand distress.

Question 6

Mood (personal influence of prosocial behaviour)

Answer 6

People in a good more and more likely to demonstrate prosocial behaviour than people in a bad mood, who focus inwardly on themselves.

Question 7

Competence (personal influence of prosocial behaviour)

Answer 7

The degree to which an individual feels about to respond effectively influences whether prosocial behaviour will be enacted and what form it will take.

Question 8

Altruism (personal influence of prosocial behaviour)

Answer 8

Prosocial behaviour enacted out of purely selfless concern, sometimes at a great cost. Some people may be more inclined towards altruism than others.

Question 9

Groupthink

Question 10

Diffusion of responsibility

Question 11

Audience inhibition

Question 12

Social influence (influence of antisocial behaviour)

Question 13

Cost-benefit analysis (influence of antisocial behaviour)

Question 14

General aggression model (GAM)

Question 15

Influence of media on aggression

Question 16

Buss, Abbott, Angleitner, Asherian, Biaggio et al. 1990

Question 17

Proximity (social/cognitive original of attraction)

Question 18

Reciprocity (social/cognitive original of attraction)

Question 19

Similarity (social/cognitive original of attraction)

Question 20

Stephanie Rollie and Steve Duck 2006

Answer 20

Proposed Duck’s stages of relationship dissolution:
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