social psychology week 10 chapter 9

according to hamilton's concept of inclusive fitness, aid should be most frequently given to

close relatives

research has shown that the influence of having people look in a mirror

increased helpfulness for those who thought they had done well on a test, but decreased helpfulness for those who thought they had done poorly on a test

the presence of other people is likely to increase helping in emergency situations when

the people who are present act alarmed

the phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance is one in which bystanders in an emergency tend to

look around at other people who don't appear alarmed, and assume there's no emergency after all

people possessing a strong religious code appear to help in order to

manage their self-image

one criticism of batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis is that

manipulations of empathic concern might actually be clues that the potential helping recipient might share genes with us, thus rendering the helping a selfish act rather than an altruistic act