Prosocial Behavior: Basic Motives and Evolutionary Psychology

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What is the central idea behind kin selection in explaining prosocial behavior?

The idea that social groups with altruistic members are more likely to survive in competition with other groups

Helping others in order to maximize social rewards

The idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection (correct)

The expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future

According to social exchange theory, what motivates people to help others?

The feeling of empathy towards another person

The expectation that others will help us in the future

The idea of maximizing social rewards and minimizing social costs (correct)

A desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper

What is the empathy–altruism hypothesis?

The idea that people help others in order to maximize social rewards

The concept that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection

The idea that social groups with altruistic members are more likely to survive in competition with other groups

When people feel empathy towards another person, they attempt to help that person purely for altruistic reasons (correct)

What is the norm of reciprocity?

The expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future Signup and view all the answers

According to the chapter, what is the primary motive behind altruism?

The desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper Signup and view all the answers

What is the central idea behind group selection in explaining prosocial behavior?

The idea that social groups with altruistic members are more likely to survive in competition with other groups Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason why people are more likely to help out-group members?

They have something to gain Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the idea that people living in cities are constantly bombarded with stimulation and keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed?

Urban overload hypothesis Signup and view all the answers

According to the bystander effect, what happens as the number of bystanders who witness an emergency increases?

The less likely any one of them is to help Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the preference shown to in-group members over out-group members?

In-group favoritism Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of people playing a prosocial video game or listening to a song with prosocial lyrics?

They are more likely to help others Signup and view all the answers

Why are religious people more likely to help than other people are?

They share their beliefs with the person in need Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of residential mobility on prosocial behavior?

People who have lived for a long time in one place are more likely to engage in prosocial behaviors Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason why people are less likely to help in dense, urban settings?

They are overwhelmed by the urban environment Signup and view all the answers

What can be done to increase the likelihood that bystanders will intervene in an emergency?

Teaching people about the barriers to bystander intervention Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the phenomenon where the larger the number of bystanders, the less likely any one of them is to help?

The bystander effect Signup and view all the answers

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