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Chapter 11 Pro-social Behavior Definition

Terms in this set (13)

Any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person.

A. Altruism

B. Pro-social Behavior

C. Kin Selection

D. Empathy
B. Pro-social Behavior
The desire to help another person even if it involves a cost to the helper.

A. Altruism

B. Empathy

C. Bystander effect

D. In-Group
A. Altruism
The idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative are favored by natural selection.

A. Norm of Reciprocity

B. Diffusion of Responsibility

C. Kin Selection

D. Bystander effect
C. Kin Selection
The expectation that helping others will increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future.

A. Out-Group

B. Urban Overload Hypothesis

C. Pluralistic Ignorance

D. Norm of Reciprocity
D. Norm of Reciprocity
The ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person and to experience events and emotions (e.g.,joy and sadness) the way that person experiences them

A. Empathy

B. In-Group

C. Altruism

D. Pro-social Behavior
A. Empathy
The idea that when we feel empathy for a person, we will attempt to help that person purely for altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain.

A. Out-Group

B. Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis

C. Pro-social Behavior

D. Altruistic Personality
B. Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
The qualities that cause an individual to help others in a wide variety of situations.

A. In-Group

B. Norm of Reciprocity

C. Altruistic Personality

D. Urban Overload Hypothesis
C. Altruistic Personality
The group with which an individual identifies as a member

A. Out-Group

B. Altruism

C. Kin Selection

D. In-Group
D. In-Group
Any group with which an individual does not identify.

A. Out-Group

B. Norm of Reciprocity

C. Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis

D. In-Group
A. Out-Group
The theory that people living in cities are constantly being bombarded with stimulation and that they keep to themselves to avoid being overwhelmed by it.

A. Prosocial Behavior

B. Urban Overload Hypothesis

C. Altruism

D. Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
B. Urban Overload Hypothesis
The finding that the greater the number of bystanders who witness an emergency, the less likely any one of them is to help.

A. Empathy

B. Kin selection

C. Bystander effect

D. In-group
C. Bystander effect
The case in which people think that everyone else is interpreting a situation in a certain way, when in fact they are not.

A. Norm of Reciprocity

B. Altruistic Personality

C. Out-Group

D. Pluralistic Ignorance
D. Pluralistic Ignorance
The phenomenon whereby each bystander's sense of responsibility to help decreases as the number of witnesses increases.

A. Diffusion of Responsibility

B. Urban Overload Hypothesis

C. Bystander effect

D. Empathy
A. Diffusion of Responsibility
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