PSY 360 Unit 3

Which of the following is true about the relationship between wealth and happiness

After people have enough money to provide for their needs in terms of housing, food, clothes, and money, wealth does not appear to have a very large impact on happiness

At school, Carl falls down the stairs and badly sprains his ankle. When will Carl most likely receive help?

Before school starts when only one other student is in the hallway.

Who would feel least lonely?

Bob, who has spent his life alone by choice.

Roger, Sabiha, Emily, and George are working on a group paper for a class. Emily is often found to not be pulling her weight in this collaborative project. How would one go about reducing the likelihood of Emily engaging in social loafing?

Convince Emily that her contribution is unique

Emily is out for a leisurely drive and has just witnessed the car in front of her on the highway slow to a stop and pull off to the side of the road. The driver got out of the vehicle and lifted the hood. She is very adept at fixing cars and there are not too many other cars on the road. After considering helping for a bit, Emily continues to drive past the stranded motorist. Why?

Emily is concerned the driver might be setting up a trap or trick.

If people help in order to receive praise from others, then what would be expected under cover of darkness.

People would be less likely to help others

Robert is a high school graduate, with a job that pays enough to live on, and he is in the process of setting goals for himself. If you want to maximize his happiness, which goal should you encourage him to set?

Robert wants to go to the gym and run 4 miles each week.

A professor, two students, and the president of the student government are all on an elevator. When one of the students passes out, who is most likely to be seen as having the responsibility to help?

The professor

You are serving as a jury consultant for the prosecution in a case involving sexual assault and child abuse. Based on research, what types of jurors should you select?

Women

John is learning to play the guitar. He is in the process of mastering several new songs. From the perspective of Zajonc's drive theory of social facilitation, John should practice _____.

alone until mastery is achieved, and then perform in the presence of others

Distributive justice refers to individual's judgments ______>

about whether the rewards they receive are proportionate to the contributions they have made.

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

Henrietta is on trial for a crime against another person. She is most likely to be found guilty if she is accused of ________.

assault

University alumni associations, as a group, have ________ for many of its members.

considerable entitatvity

Two neighbors are working together to build a stone fence through a field. They both help each other move the larger rocks. This is an example of ____.

cooperation

Steven sees an emergency and then his empathy is aroused; he then provides help simply because the victim needed help and it felt good to provide help. This example illustrates the ________.

empathy-altruism hypothesis

Paul, Sarah, Deborah, and George are working on a research paper for their social psychology class. They can reduce social loafing by _____.

having each team member initial the parts of the paper she or he completed.

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

helping a person often relieves a negative mood

How can loneliness be reduced

improving one's social skills

When asked to view a simultaneous lineup, witnesses are more likely to ________.

incorrectly choose a person who did not commit the crime

George has been asked to join a "secret society" (similar to a small fraternity) at his college. This group's initiation rituals are quite severe and somewhat dangerous. In addition, members tend to identify strongly with the group. If George decides to join, he can expect that _____.

members are very unlikely to leave the group after they have joined

The empathy-altruism hypothesis suggests that at least some prosocial behavior is _______.

motivated solely by the desire to help someone in need

High levels of positive emotions create life satisfaction because ________.

people think, feel, and act in ways that build their emotional, physical, and social resources

One primary goal in negotiating with an individual or a group is to _____.

reduce the opposing side's aspirations

Barb just witnessed a mugging and is brought to the police station to identify the suspect. If Barb is shown one person at time and asked after viewing each person if that person is the suspect, this is called a _______ lineup.

sequential

Jason, Paul, and Mark are working on a group project for their social psychology class. Jason believes that Paul is not doing as much work on the project as he and Mark are doing. If Jason is accurate in his perception, Paul is engaging in _____.

social loafing

Two aspects of empathy are ____ and ______.

taking another's perspective; sympathizing with another person

Personal happiness is influenced by having goals and ________.

the resources to attain those goals

Ahmed belongs to his university's Student Senate, a group that is high in entitativity. It is likely that Ahmed feels that the Student Senate ____.

is of great consequence to him

Suppose Roger, a religious fundamentalist, is told that three individuals - a homosexual, an unwed mother, and a college student - are in need of aid due to employment problems. Roger would be MOST likely to believe that aid should go to ________.

the college student