SOP 3004 Final Exam Study Guide
questions well answered
Prosocial behavior - correct answer ✔✔Any act performed with the goal of benefiting another
person
Egoism - correct answer ✔✔Behavior is based on how it serves the self
Altruism - correct answer ✔✔Desire to help someone solely to benefit that person
Interpretations of why we engage in prosocial behavior - correct answer ✔✔Egoism and
Altruism
Egoism vs. Altruism 3 perspectives - correct answer ✔✔1. Evolutionary Psychology
2. Social Exchange Theory
3. Empathy Altruism
Evolutionary Perspective - correct answer ✔✔Genes that foster survival or reproduction get
passed on
Kin Selection - correct answer ✔✔Behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural
selection since genetic relatives help ensure genes get passed on
Norm of reciprocity - correct answer ✔✔Expectation that helping others increases the
likelihood they will help us in the future
, Gratitude - correct answer ✔✔Positive feelings from perception that another has helped you.
Functional in that it facilitates reciprocal altruism
Group Selection - correct answer ✔✔Favors groups with an optimal balance of selfish and
selflessness
An Evolutionary Perspective seems to suggest mostly - correct answer ✔✔Egoistic Prosociality
Social Exchange Theory - correct answer ✔✔Desire to maximize benefits and minimize costs
We help only when predicted benefits > predicted costs
The Social Exchange Theory seems to suggest mostly - correct answer ✔✔Egoistic Prosociality
Empathy - correct answer ✔✔Ability to put oneself in another's shoes and feel what they are
feeling
Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Feeling empathy for a person prompts
altruistic behavior, regardless of personal gains
Toi & Batson, 1982 - correct answer ✔✔Participant's were more likely to agree to help Carol
when they empathized with her, regardless of whether or not they were going to see her in
class
Evolutionary explanations for helping are based on - correct answer ✔✔Kin selection,
reciprocity, and group selection
Social Exchange Theory explanation are based on - correct answer ✔✔Benefits received by the
self for helping
questions well answered
Prosocial behavior - correct answer ✔✔Any act performed with the goal of benefiting another
person
Egoism - correct answer ✔✔Behavior is based on how it serves the self
Altruism - correct answer ✔✔Desire to help someone solely to benefit that person
Interpretations of why we engage in prosocial behavior - correct answer ✔✔Egoism and
Altruism
Egoism vs. Altruism 3 perspectives - correct answer ✔✔1. Evolutionary Psychology
2. Social Exchange Theory
3. Empathy Altruism
Evolutionary Perspective - correct answer ✔✔Genes that foster survival or reproduction get
passed on
Kin Selection - correct answer ✔✔Behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural
selection since genetic relatives help ensure genes get passed on
Norm of reciprocity - correct answer ✔✔Expectation that helping others increases the
likelihood they will help us in the future
, Gratitude - correct answer ✔✔Positive feelings from perception that another has helped you.
Functional in that it facilitates reciprocal altruism
Group Selection - correct answer ✔✔Favors groups with an optimal balance of selfish and
selflessness
An Evolutionary Perspective seems to suggest mostly - correct answer ✔✔Egoistic Prosociality
Social Exchange Theory - correct answer ✔✔Desire to maximize benefits and minimize costs
We help only when predicted benefits > predicted costs
The Social Exchange Theory seems to suggest mostly - correct answer ✔✔Egoistic Prosociality
Empathy - correct answer ✔✔Ability to put oneself in another's shoes and feel what they are
feeling
Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Feeling empathy for a person prompts
altruistic behavior, regardless of personal gains
Toi & Batson, 1982 - correct answer ✔✔Participant's were more likely to agree to help Carol
when they empathized with her, regardless of whether or not they were going to see her in
class
Evolutionary explanations for helping are based on - correct answer ✔✔Kin selection,
reciprocity, and group selection
Social Exchange Theory explanation are based on - correct answer ✔✔Benefits received by the
self for helping
