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PSYCH 352 Exam III
Prosocial Behavior, Aggression, Prejudice, Group Influence
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
12/01/2009

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Prosocial behavior
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Behavior intended to benefit another. Applies even when helper stands to benefit.
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Inclusive fitness
Definition
The survival of one's genes in one's own offspring and in any relatives one helps
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Reciprocal aid
Definition
Helping that occurs in return for prior help
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Social responsibility norm
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The societal rule that people should help those who need them to help
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Bystander effect
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The tendency of a bystander to be less likely to help in an emergency if there are other onlookers present
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Diffusion of responsibility
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The tendency for each group member to dilute personal responsibility for acting by spreading it among all other group members
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Pluralistic ignorance
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The mistaken impression on the part of group members that, because no one else is acting concerend, there is no cause for alarm
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Arousal/cost-reward model
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The view that observers of a victim's suffering will want to help in order to relieve their own personal distress
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Mood management hypothesis
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The idea that people use helping tactically to manage their moods
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Pure (true) altruism
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Action intended solely to benefit another and thus not to gain external or internal rewards
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Empathy-altruism hypothesis
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The presumption that when one empathizes with the plight of another, one will want to help that other for purely altruistic reasons
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Empathic concern
Definition
Compassionate feelings caused by taking the perspective of a needy other
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-Notice the event
-Interpret the event as an emergency
-Assume Responsibility
-Attempt to help
Definition
What are the 4 steps in hte Bystander Intervention Model?
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Altruism
Definition
people help out of a genuine concern for others, in order to increase the welfare of others
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Trusting others
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What core social motive is altruism related to?
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Empathy
Definition
affective response that mimics another person’s emotional state
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Sympathy
Definition
feeling compassion for another person’s distress
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Big cities
Definition
Where are people less likely to help, in big cities or small towns?
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-Attribute responsibility to themselves for relieving another's distress
-Don't see others as responsible
-Don't see victims as responsible for their own distress
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Name three factors which make people more likely to help
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-"we" connection
-negative arousal
-helping to reduce arousal cost is low, reward is high
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Three factors that affect helping in arousal cost reward model:
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Good
Definition
People are more likely to help if they are in a _____ mood.
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Guilty
Definition
People are more likely to help if they feel ______.
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Egoism
Definition
Focuses on self-interest as a motive for prosocial behavior with self-benefit as the ultimate goal
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Self-enhancement, controlling outcomes
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What core motives is egoism related to?
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Sadness
Definition
Helping can be increased by events triggering temporary ______.
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Group identity
Definition
People are more likely to help in circumstances that reinforce their __ ____.
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False consensus effect
Definition
Project yourself onto other people, believe they share your ideals
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Principlism
Definition
the motivation to uphold a moral standard (as opposed to doing something for the group)
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Rawls Veil of Ignorance
Definition
we should make moral choices without knowing how they, specific others, and their groups would fare
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Hein’s Dilemma
Definition
Woman near death from cancer, one drug radium available, very expensive, company charging 10 times the drug. Husband can’t afford- should he steal?
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Kohlberg
Definition
Came up with three stages of moral development
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Preconventional
Definition
is concerned with consequences for self; own needs; rewards and punishment. Will I be punished or rewarded for this behavior?
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Conventional
Definition
obedience to social norms, rules, and laws; social order; approval and disapproval (ex: You don’t speed bc not socially beneficial)
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Post-conventional
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universal principles; generality beyond group
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-Interpret the situation as a moral problem
-Apply relevant standards to action plan
-Evaluate how actions serve moral values
-Execute and implement action
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What is the four step model of moral behavior?
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Education level and age
Definition
What are two things that increase moral reasoning?
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Aggression
Definition
Behavior intended to harm another person
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-Behavior
-Intended
-Aimed at hurting
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Three things that define aggression:
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Instrumental aggression
Definition
Aggression that seeks harm as a means to another end
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Hostile aggression
Definition
Harm is the primary goal of aggression
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Proactive aggression
Definition
Takes the initiative to harm
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Reactive aggression
Definition
Responds to a perceived threat
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Frustration-Aggression hypothesis
Definition
frustration leads to aggression and all aggression results from frustration
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Deindividuation
Definition
Deviant behavior increases as consequences and responsibilities decrease
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Inhibitory Conflict Model
Definition
initial primal impulse to say something or engage in deviant behavior, conflicts with complex cognitive thoughts and values, but after alcohol consumption, less likely to listen to those complex thoughts and focus on simple, strong impulses
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Increased arousal
Increased aggressive thinking
Increased aggressive feelings
Increased aggressive behavior
Decreases prosocial behavior
Definition
Five effects of violent video
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High testosterone and low serotonin
Definition
Two hormones that affect aggression
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Catharsis
Definition
Purging emotions by “venting” (i.e. punch pillow)
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Stereotype
Definition
a generalized belief about members of a group
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Prejudice
Definition
a preconceived attitude toward a social group and its individual members
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Explicit prejudice
Definition
positive or negative feelings of which you are aware
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implicit prejudice
Definition
feelings of which you are not aware
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Modern racism
Definition
more subtle preference for what is familiar, similar, and comfortable
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Stereotype threat
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- the fear that one might confirm the negative stereotypes held by others about one’s group
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Disidentify
Definition
To decide that the arena is no longer relevant to their self esteem
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Humor
Positive role models
Learning about stereotypes
Definition
Three ways to reduce stereotype threat
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Discrimination
Definition
Behaviors directed toward others because of their group membership
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Group Conflict Theory
Definition
Competition between groups for resources
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Perceived group homogeneity
Definition
Phenomenon of overestimating the extent to which members within other groups are similar to each other
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Group
Definition
Two or more people who act together and influence each other
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-Are interdependent
-Share a common identity
-Have a group structure
Definition
Individuals become more group like when they:
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Social facilitation
Definition
The effects of others increase with numbers
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Social loafing
Definition
Reducing one's personal efforts when in a group setting
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Group polarization
Definition
When group discussion leads members to make decisions that are more extremely on the side of the issue the group initially favored
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Groupthink
Definition
When the pursuit and cohesion and unanimity direct group decision making
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