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Psych.351
Helping
Term | Definition |
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If you are grieving are you helpful? | Only if it is community grief, not person grief |
If people are feeling guilty, are the helpful? | Yes, if people are feeling guilty they are more likely to help |
If people are in a good mood, are they helpful? | People who are feeling good are usually thinking positively and are more inclined to act positively |
How does Kin Selection play a role is help? | We are more likely to help those are genetically related to us than strangers, this is due to help those who carry the same genes as us to help our genes live longer. |
What is Reciprocity? | Helping other increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future. |
What are social norms? | social norms are culturally developed and they are attitudes and behaviors that are expected due to the culture |
Reciprocity Norm | A behavior or attitude that is expected do to the culture and expected in return, (e.g. someone gives you a birthday card, now you must get them a birthday card) We expect reciprocity with strangers to be even and faster than those we are close to |
Social Reciprocity Norm | Help those who need help, but only if they deserve our help then thats when we help them |
Altruism | Acting out of selfless concern for another |
Empathy Altruism Hypothesis | The ability to put oneself |
Bystander Effect (Darley and Latane) | The greater of number of bystanders who witness an emergency the less likely any on of them is to help. |
Pluralistic Ignorance | People mistakenly believe their own thoughts and feelings are different from those around them, even though they all behave the same. |
What are the factors of bystander effect? | Noticing the situation, Interpreting the situation, responsibility, proving help |
A motivation to have one group dominant other social group is ? | Social Dominance |
A self-conforming apprehension that ones behavior will verify a negative stereotype is the? | Stereotype threat |
The blocking of a goal directed behavior is? | Frustration |
A state of intense longing for union with another is called? | Passionate love |
The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined is called? | Companionate love |
A motive to increase another welfare without conscious self interest? | Altruism |
A motive to increase ones own welfare is? | Egosim |
The tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are similar in attractiveness and other traits is? | Matching Phenomenon |
The presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable trait is there? | |
Which one of these is NOT a theory of aggression? | Relational Aggression (evolutionary theory, |