Kindness Article

Which statement best expresses the main idea of the text?

• Most people are kind towards others without realizing they are actually being selfish, as they expect something in return.

• People are only ever truly kind when they do something good for someone else without receiving anything in return.

• The brain recognizes acts of kindness as rewarding because positive social interactions are an important part of human survival.

• Showing kindness towards others can improve your mood through positive social interactions and reinforcing the notion that you’re a good person.

Which detail from the text best supports the idea that showing kindness can improve your mood?

• “Doing a kind act to make someone who is sad feel better can also make us feel good – partly because we feel the same relief they do and partly because we are putting something right.” (Paragraph 7)

• “For example, an animal-lover could rescue a bird, an art-lover could donate to a gallery or a retired teacher could volunteer at an after-school group.” (Paragraph 10)

• “Work on the psychology of kindness shows that one out of several possible motivations is reciprocity, the returning of a favor.” (Paragraph 11)

What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?

• It shows how people have conflicting opinions about why people are kind.

• It introduces the idea that being kind to others makes us feel good.

• It emphasizes the idea that people are kind more often than we realize.

• It highlights the darker motivations for why people are kind.

What is the authors’ main purpose of the text?

• to encourage readers to be kinder to one another

• to emphasize the disadvantages of only being concerned with yourself

• to explore the different explanations for why being kind make us happy

• to suggest that humans are kind for largely selfish reasons

How can doing a kind act for someone else make us feel good?

• We feel the same relief they do

• We are making something right

• We can have a positive impact on the world

• All of these answers are true

What does the word reciprocity (paragraph 11) mean?

• Treating someone with kindness

• Taking advantage of someone's kindness

• Returning the favor

• Receiving favors

How many authors contributed to this text?

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