Psychology - Ch. 11, Part 4, p. 461-469

When one person hurts or tries to destroy another person deliberately, either with words or physical behavior, psychologists call it ___________.

• Aggression

• Prosocial Behavior

• Altruism

• Bystander Effect

A ___________ is the pattern of behavior that is expected of a person who is in a particular social position.

• Social Role

• Altruism

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Aggression

Socially desirable behavior that benefits others rather than brings them harm.

• Prosocial Behavior

• Aggression

• Bystander Effect

• Social Neuroscience

Helping someone in trouble with no expectation of reward, and often without fear for one’s own safety.

• Altruism

• Aggression

• Bystander Effect

• Diffusion of Responsibility

The ___________ refers to the finding that the likelihood of someone observing an event and close enough to offer help to actually help someone in trouble decreases as the amount of people around increases. If only one person is standing by, that person is far more likely to help than if there are more people around.

• Bystander Effect

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Social Neuroscience

• Social Role

___________ is the phenomenon in which a person fails to take responsibility for either action or inaction because of the presence of other people who are seen to share the responsibility.

• Diffusion of Responsibility

• Bystander Effect

• Social Neuroscience

• Aggression

The study of the relationship between biological systems and social processes and behavior. Example – the temporoparietal junction (TPJ) is one of the areas of the brain involved in prosocial behavior.

• Social Neuroscience

• Developmental Neuroscience

• Cognitive Neuroscience

• Behavioral Neuroscience