30 Questions
What is the effect of the number of bystanders on the feeling of responsibility in the diffusion of responsibility phenomenon?
Feeling of responsibility diminishes as the number of bystanders increases
What is the basis of pluralistic ignorance according to Festinger's social comparison theory?
People use others' behaviors to guide their actions when unsure of the appropriate behavior
What percentage of bystanders intervened in the smoke-filled room study conducted by Darley & Latané?
10%
What is the bystander-calculus model based on?
Arousal: Cost-Reward Model and the Process of Intervention
What is one of the situational determinants of altruism mentioned in the text?
Cost of helping/not helping
In the common resource pool dilemma, what happens if the total request resource pool size exceeds the fixed pool size?
Each person gets nothing
In the simultaneous protocol, what happens if the total requests from all players is less than the fixed resource pool size?
Each player gets their requested amount
What is the impact of communication on cooperation in social dilemmas, according to Dawes, McTavish, & Shaklee (1977)?
Enhanced understanding of the game
What is the purpose of coordination in social dilemmas?
Improves cooperation
What is the outcome if the total requests in the common resource pool dilemma are exactly equal to the fixed pool size?
Each person gets nothing
What is the defining characteristic of public goods?
Jointness of supply and impossibility of exclusion
What is the Tit-for-Tat strategy in the Prisoner's Dilemma game?
Cooperate on the first trial and imitate the opponent's response on subsequent trials
What is a critical situation in the context of public goods dilemma?
When a person's contribution is required to provide the public good
What is the outcome if both prisoners in the Prisoner's Dilemma testify against each other?
Both will be sentenced to three years in jail
What is the main difference between mutual cooperation and mutual defection in the Prisoner's Dilemma game?
Mutual cooperation results in a better outcome than mutual defection
What are the situational determinants of altruism mentioned in the text?
Diffusion of responsibility, pluralistic ignorance, and cost of helping/not helping
What does the empathy-altruism model suggest?
Witnessing others in distress can stimulate egoistic or altruistic motivations
What does the empathic joy hypothesis propose, as per the text?
We help to experience the joy of others being helped
What is an example of a personal cost of not helping mentioned in the text?
Feeling upset that firefighters have no good food to eat
What does the failure to witness a 'happy ending' lead to, according to the text?
A decrease in helping behavior
Which game involves two parties risking a conflict with each other?
The game of chicken
Who proposed the prisoner's dilemma in 1950?
Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher
What does social exchange theory quantify in interactions?
Gains and losses
What does the prisoner's dilemma illustrate in a group setting?
A failure of individual rationality
Which social norm is mentioned in the summary?
Equity
What is the focus of the study's feedback manipulation?
Manipulating the possibility of the subject's advice being seen by the woman in the tape in a subsequent interview
What is the Ultimatum Game described in the text?
Involving two persons sharing a fixed amount of resources and one person making an allocation
What is the purpose of the debriefing in the study?
To check for suspicions and provide a detailed probe before debriefing the subject
What do the subjects instructed to increase empathic emotion focus on while watching interviews?
Imagine the interviewee's feelings
What is the aim of the study's exploration of the rates of helping predicted by the Empathic Joy Hypothesis?
To explore the rates of helping predicted by the Empathic Joy Hypothesis
Study Notes
Perception of Coping Strategies in University Environment Study
- Study involves watching and rating freshmen interviews about college adjustment problems
- Consent form requests the subject to consider making a videotape discussing personal experiences in adjusting to university life
- Subjects are instructed to increase empathic emotion while watching interviews and imagine the interviewee's feelings
- Another set of subjects are instructed to focus on watching the interviewee's body movements objectively
- Study explores the rates of helping predicted by the Empathic Joy Hypothesis
- A stimulus interview involves a young woman discussing stressors familiar to first-year college students
- Subjects are given a helping opportunity to provide a detailed response to the problems and coping strategies discussed by the woman in the tape
- Feedback manipulation involves the possibility of the subject's advice being seen by the woman in the tape in a subsequent interview
- Debriefing involves a return appointment, a posttest to check for suspicions, and a detailed probe for suspicions before debriefing the subject
- The proportion of subjects offering advice is detailed in a table, showing differences based on instructional-set and feedback conditions
- Mixed-motive interactions are discussed, including management-labor relationships, social exchange theory, and solving social dilemmas
- The Ultimatum Game is explained, involving two persons sharing a fixed amount of resources and one person making an allocation
Explore the perception of coping strategies in a university environment with this quiz. Test your knowledge on factors influencing helping behaviors, empathic emotion, and feedback manipulation. Delve into the Ultimatum Game and mixed-motive interactions.
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