Altruism & Aggression

Altruism involves:

• concern for others' welfare; sacrifice; no intention of reward

• concern for others' welfare; injury; reward

• concern for others' welfare

Kin-Selection Theory demonstrates:

• Why animals are violent.

• The tendency for an individual l to sacrifice themselves for a non-relative.

• Why individuals are more likely to sacrifice themselves for a relative.

In Empathy-Altruism a person is altruistic because...

• The helper feels sorry for the person in need...

• The helper is able to put themselves in the person's shoes..

• The helper has lots of time to help out.

In Muzafer Sherif's "Robber's Cave" study, it found that...

• interactions between participants were hostile from the beginning

• violent activities facilitated violent acts against the groups of boys

• the boys began to identify early with their group and to feel animosity toward other groups

• the boys had trouble developing group identities on their own until the experimenters labelled them as such

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

Participants in a study were asked to fill out a survey, and then smoke began filling a room. The participants hesitated to alert the others and take action against the threat at hand is an example of the?

• Just-World Phenomenon

• Bystander Effect

• Scapegoat Theory

• Us vs. Them Phenomenon

Why do people help other people?

• It's in their own long term self interest

• People are naturally helpful

• No one knows, its some supernatural force

• There hasn't been any empirical data to support an opinion

According to Frustration-Aggression Theory; the reason we become aggressive toward?

• anything or anyone blocking us from achieving a goal

• anything or anyone who comes near us when we are mad

• anything or anyone who does not agree with our viewpoint

• anything or anyone who does not identify with the norms of the group

People are less likely to give aid if an emergency occurs in the presence of many observers. This is known as

• group polarization

• social loafing

• bystander effect.

• social facilitation

Aggression is explained primarily by?

• Genetic factors

• Genetic and environmental factors

• Mirroring of other aggressive behaviors

• Nobody seems to know