Psyc 2600 Exam 4 – Mazurek Questions
With Correct Answers
prosocial behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any act performed with the
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goal of benefiting another person
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altruism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the desire to help another person
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even if it involves a cost to the helper
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egoism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-helping is self-interested; end-state is
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increasing helper's own welfare | | |
kin selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that behaviors that help
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a genetic relative are favored by natural selection
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social exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people help when cost/benefit
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equation allows it
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norm of reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the expectation that
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helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the
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future
, empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ability to put oneself in the shoes
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of another person and to experience events and emotions the way that
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person experiences them; watching another get shocked experiment
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empathy-altruism hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that | | | | | | |
when we feel empathy for a person, we will attempt to help that person
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for purely altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain
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altruistic personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the qualities that cause an
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individual to help others in a wide variety of situations
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in-group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the group with which an individual
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identifies as a member | | |
out-group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any group with which an individual
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does not identify | |
urban overload hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theory that
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people living in cities are constantly bombarded with stimulation and
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that they keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed by it
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distraction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people fail to notice because they
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are distracted; presence of others causes attentional conflicts &
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cogniitve overload that affect performance
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With Correct Answers
prosocial behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any act performed with the
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goal of benefiting another person
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altruism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the desire to help another person
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even if it involves a cost to the helper
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egoism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-helping is self-interested; end-state is
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increasing helper's own welfare | | |
kin selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that behaviors that help
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a genetic relative are favored by natural selection
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social exchange - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people help when cost/benefit
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equation allows it
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norm of reciprocity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the expectation that
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helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the
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future
, empathy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the ability to put oneself in the shoes
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of another person and to experience events and emotions the way that
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person experiences them; watching another get shocked experiment
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empathy-altruism hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the idea that | | | | | | |
when we feel empathy for a person, we will attempt to help that person
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
for purely altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain
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altruistic personality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the qualities that cause an
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individual to help others in a wide variety of situations
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in-group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the group with which an individual
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identifies as a member | | |
out-group - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-any group with which an individual
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does not identify | |
urban overload hypothesis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theory that
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people living in cities are constantly bombarded with stimulation and
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that they keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed by it
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distraction - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-people fail to notice because they
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are distracted; presence of others causes attentional conflicts &
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cogniitve overload that affect performance
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