Chapter 9 Social Pysch

Which of the following explains why a positive mood can decrease the probability of responding in prosocial ways?

Being in a good mood can lead us to interpret emergency situations as not really serious

Who mostly benefits from crowdfunding?

Entrepreneurs and communities

Janelle wants to begin hosting her own podcast focused on community events. She will need some money to purchase recording equipment and create a small studio in her house. She is thinking of reaching out to other community members to ask for their financial support. Which of the following websites should Janelle use?

Kickstrater

Which inherent neurological system allows most people to experience what others are experiencing automatically

Mirror neurons

Your friend Gretchen is notoriously rude to her partner. She never says anything nice or complimentary and frequently embarrasses her partner in front of others. Gretchen calls and leaves a very distressed message for you letting you know that her partner has dumped her and she really needs someone to talk about it. Will you call Gretchen back?

No, because you feel Gretchen is responsible for her own predicament

Which of the following best describes prosocial behavior and aggression

They are overlapping features

Jenny, a 5-year-old child, may be MOST likely to exhibit helping behavior after playing _________ video game

a prosocial

Ron and Elaine are walking down the street when they see someone helping an old man across the road. On the next block, they see a woman having difficulty in trying to get across the street. Elaine says, "we'd better give her a hand". The woman who initially helped the old man

acted as a prosocial model

David sees a homeless person and thinks that "this guy has no one to blame but herself" Thus, David appears to believe that this homeless man's misfortunes are

controllable

Raphael helps Lisa carry her groceries up the stairs. Lisa comes by 15 minutes later and says, "thank you. the frozen food would have melted if you hadn't helped me" Because of her response to his help, Raphael is motivated to help others later. This scenario is MOS consistent with the"

empathic joy hypothesis

Emily, who is always slightly depressed, helps a little boy find his mom at the mall. Emily is suprised to find her mood has improved. This is likely because

helping a person often relieves a negative mood

In am emergency, a helpful bystander can increase the helpfulness of others because the bystander serves as a social

model

The empathy-alturism hypothesis suggests that at least some prosocial behavior is

motivated solely by the desire to help someone in need

Oscar is alone resting on a beach when he notices someone who appears to be floundering in the ocean. Since he does not know how to swim, Oscar realizes that he cannot help this individual himself. This example illustrates that people

often decide that they cannot help when they do not know what to do

People who feel isolated from a particular group are experiencing ______ exclusion

social

Karen knows that her neighbors often struggle to make ends meet. She sometimes offers to babysit for free because she can eaisly afford to do so and feels good that she can help in this small way. This examply most clearly illustrates.

the empathic joy hypothesis

In general, we are more likely to help those whom we are closely related to others. Which of the following offers support for this?

Kin selection theory

One day you are out biking on a relatively deserted trail. You see a fellow cyclist on the side of the trail with the bike's wheels in the air. When will you be most likely to help?

When you know a great deal about bikes and work at a bicycle repair shop