Helping and Prosocial Behavior

The negative state relief model and the arousal: cost-reward model both suggest that people help for egoistic reasons.

egoistic

Which of the Big-5 personality traits is most closely related to prosocial behavior?

Agreeableness

Who is more likely to help a friend with personal problems?

Women

Pluralistic ignorance occurs when people incorrectly decide that help is not necessary based on others' reactions to the situation.

Pluralistic ignorance

Reciprocal altruism refers to helping others who have helped us in the past.

Reciprocal altruism

Trying to understand why people do not always help a stranger in need is the focus of bystander intervention research.

bystander intervention

Amy loves all animals so when she sees an injured squirrel she moves it to safety even though she is worried that the squirrel may bite her. What theory of prosocial behavior explains Amy's behavior?

cost-benefit analysis

When it isn't clear if help is needed we often check what others nearby are doing to help us decide whether or not to take action.

it isn't clear if help is needed

Kin selection refers to the tendency to help blood relatives more than others.

kin selection

prosocial behavior

one person is in need and the other acts to eliminate the person's need

Alex has compassion for suffering, understands what others are going through, and wants to help them. Alex can be described as being high in other-oriented empathy.

other-oriented empathy

The prosocial personality orientation includes other-oriented empathy and helpfulness.

other-oriented empathy

What motivates altruism?

the desire to improve the welfare of others

What is one of the key beliefs of people who are high in the characteristic of helpfulness?

they feel helping is something they're good at

According to the diffusion of responsibility phenomenon, why would someone be less likely to offer help when in a crowd than if they were alone with a person in need?

they feel less personal responsibility in a crowd

Who helps more, men or women?

they help about the same, but in different ways

Why do people help according to the negative state relief model?

to make themselves feel better

diffusion of responsibility

we're less likely to help if there are other potential helpers

According to evolutionary psychology, what is the cause of prosocial behavior ?

By helping our family we increase our chances of survival and passing on family DNA.

The empathy-altruism model suggests that people who put themselves in the shoes of a victim and imagine how they feel will help even if it involves a cost to them.

empathy-altruism