PUP exam 3 study

1.        Which factors of giving decisions most likely increases donors’ happiness?

• Freedom to choose whether to give

• Feeling connected to the people they are helping

• Observe that they make a difference

• All of the above

Which of the following objections are commonly made in response to the request for more donations?

• One should not have the right to tell people what to do.

• If someone wants to buy a new car etc. they should they work for their money and they have the right to spend it on themselves.

• We are certainly responsible for the evils we inflict on other no matter where we are or owe those people conversations nevertheless there is no plausible argument that we owe something as a matter of general view to those who have done nothing wrong.

• All of the above

Which of the following statements is correct about the influence of social capital of a country on an individual citizen earnings as estimated by burg simon?

• Social capital has almost no influence on what people earn

• Social capital is responsible for at least 90% of what people earn in relative societies

• Both A and B

• None of the above

Which of the following psychological factors tend to have a negative effect on an individual amount of giving?

• Identifiable victim

• The diffusion of responsibility to help the poor

• Giving is often in terms of money, but money tends to trigger selfishness in donors

• All of the above

Which of the following is correct about the identifiable victim effect?

• Ppl give more money when they see a child that looks poor and in need rather than if you give them as a charity effect

• Ppl give more money when they see a child that looks well off rather than if you give them as a charity effect

• none of the above

In an experiment people who are told that a single child needs lifesaving medical treatment that costs 300,000 give on average less money than people who are told that 8 children will die unless they are given the same treatment for the same amount of 300,000.

• true

• false

Which of the following experimental results on giving and futility thinking were reported?

• Participants were more willing to send aid 1,500 out of 3,000 people at risk than they were to send aid 1,500 out of 10,000

• Participants were more willing to send aid 200 out of 6,000 people at risk than they were to send aid 2,500 out of 10,000

The statements below describe experimental results were these people that were primed with money were more helpful to others?

• Were more likely to choose a nature activity that could be enjoyed with others

• The people that were primed with money gave less when they were invited to donate some of the fee that all participants receive when they participate in the experiment

• both A and B

• none of the above

Which of the following has become the standard definition of affective altruism?

• We should do the most good that we can do

• A philosophy and social movement which applies evidence and reason to working out the most effective ways to improve the world

• Both A and B

• None of the above

What do Affective altruists criticize about the common practices of charities?

• Few charities are sufficiently transparent to allow donors to judge the ethicacy of their work

• Few charities conduct self-evaluation of their programs

• Charities that make a rich are not effective because the amount of money expense per child saves the lives of many more children in poor countries

• All of the above