"Kindness Contagion" Quiz

According to the text, what does witnessing kindness inspire in people?

• A. Greed

• B. Hostility

• C. Kindness

• D. Apathy

What did the participants in the study receive as a bonus for completing the study?

• B. $10

• A. $1000

• D. $50

• C. $1

What did the participants believe they were doing in the 'pen pal' task?

• D. Reading a book

• B. Completing a survey

• A. Writing a letter to a friend

• C. Solving a puzzle

What did people who believed others had felt empathy for the homeless do at the end of the study?

• C. Kept the $1 bonus

• B. Left the study

• A. Donated to a local homeless shelter

• D. Gave the bonus to a friend

What brain activity did individuals engage in when they learned that their opinions matched those of a group?

• A. Fear response

• B. Memory recall

• C. Reward experience

• D. Logical reasoning

What does the text suggest can drive not just animosity, but also compromise, tolerance, and warmth?

• A. Conformity

• B. Individuality

• C. Competition

• D. Isolation

What does the text propose as a strategy to combat apathy and conflict?

• A. Encouraging hostility

• D. Ignoring social influence

• B. Emphasizing empathy-positive norms

• C. Promoting isolation

What does the text highlight as the volatile results of polarization?

• C. Animosity and conflict

• D. Empathy and positivity

• B. Kindness and warmth

• A. Compromise and tolerance

What does the text suggest can be leveraged to combat apathy and conflict in new ways?

• A. Social influence

• B. Isolation

• C. Hostility

• D. Competition

What is the main theme of the text?

• C. The impact of isolation

• D. The influence of competition

• A. The power of conformity

• B. The danger of kindness