Social Responsibility & Promoting Prosocial Behaviour IB Psych

What is the primary goal of promoting prosocial behaviour?

• Encouraging competitive behaviour

• Increasing acts of helping and cooperation

• Reducing emotional empathy in individuals

• Teaching people how to manipulate others

Which of the following is a method used to promote prosocial behaviour?

• Empathy training

• Isolation from social influences

• Increasing personal costs of helping

• Encouraging diffusion of responsibility

According to Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1977), prosocial behaviour can be promoted through:

• Observational learning

• Punishment for antisocial behaviour

• Only genetic predisposition

• The elimination of personal distress

Banyard et al. (2005) found that:

• Bystander intervention training increased helping behaviour

• People are naturally prosocial regardless of training

• Prosocial behaviour cannot be taught

• Economic background determines prosocial tendencies

Which of the following strategies is most effective in increasing prosocial behaviour?

• Making helping anonymous

• Providing positive role models

• Avoiding discussion of prosocial actions

• Encouraging people to focus only on themselves

What is empathy training?

• A method to increase emotional and cognitive empathy

• A strategy to reduce the motivation to help others

• A training program designed for animals

• A technique to make people more competitive

Feshbach & Feshbach (1982) found that empathy training:

• Reduced aggressive behaviour in children

• Had no effect on prosocial behaviour

• Increased competitiveness in school

• Decreased the likelihood of cooperation

What is the role of perspective-taking in promoting prosocial behaviour?

• It helps individuals understand others’ emotions

• It increases selfish motivation

• It encourages competition over cooperation

• It discourages people from intervening in emergencies

Compassion fatigue occurs when:

• A person feels emotionally drained from excessive helping

• People feel more motivated to help

• Someone experiences intense happiness from helping

• Helping behaviour increases without limits

Staub (1979) suggested that prosocial behaviour can be increased through:

• Encouraging community service from an early age

• Reducing exposure to helping behaviour

• Making helping highly rewarding financially

• Teaching people to ignore the needs of others