Social Responsibility
What is the key distinction between Altruism & Prosocial Behaviour?
Altruism defined as acting to help someone else at some cost to oneself, whereas Prosocial Behaviour is simply defined as an act that either benefits another person or has positive social consequences.
What is the "Love Cocktail" proposed to made out of?
Dopamine, Noradrenaline, Serotonin, and as a bonus (testosterone).
Name a study that investigates cooperation.
(Any relevant study)
(E.g. Dawes et al)
Who was Kitty Genovese?
She was the unfortunate victim in an infamous murder that sparked future research into bystanderism.
Name and state the Aim, Procedure and Result of any study regarding the Biological theories of prosocial behaviour.
(You get the points if Ms. Svetlana approves your answer)
Explain the Halo effect in your own words.
In the case of relationships, a person's physical beauty influences our judgment with regard to their other qualities. In other words, we may think that beautiful people must be good people.
What are the differences amongst the terms: Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination?
(You only get the points if Ms. Svetlana thinks that your answer was detailed enough)
What is meant by "Compassion Fatigue", and how is it caused?
(Cognitive Theories of Prosocial Behaviour)
Compassion fatigue is the emotional, physical, and psychological exhaustion resulting from prolonged exposure to others' trauma or suffering.
(Often seen in: Therapists, Social Workers, Journalists, Police Officers, etc)
State the Aim, Procedure and Results of Toi & Batson's study.
Aim: To test the Empathy Altruism Model
Procedure: An Experiment was conducted with a random allocation of participants (84 female psych students) into either high/low empathy conditions and easy/difficult escape conditions
Then, they listened to Carol's interview and were tasked to fill a questionnaire. Then they were asked whether if they'd help Carol or not.
Results: High Empathy condition showed high rates of helping regardless of the escape condition. Participants in the Low Empathy helped less in comparison, with the easy escape situation being the least likely.
What is the Mere Exposure Effect? (And name one relevant study)
(You get the points if Ms. Svetlana deems that your answer is good enough)
Give a detailed recount of the Robbers Cave experiment.
(You only get the points if Ms. Svetlana thinks that your answer was detailed enough)
What is meant by Galvanic Skin Response?
GSR is a change in the electrical properties of the skin. Fear, anger, startle response, orienting response and sexual feelings are all among the emotions which may produce similar GSR responses.
According to Latane's Law of Social Impact, what does "sin" have to do with helping?
SIN is an acronym for:
The Strength of the situation
The Immediacy of the person needing help
And the Number of people involved
Explain and list the stages in the Social Penetration theory.
Orientation, Exploratory, Affective, and Stable.
(Alongside relevant explanations for each stage)
What are McDoom's steps to toward group polarization?
Boundary activation, Out-group negativity, Out-group homogenization and In-group solidarity.
List the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse.
Criticism, Contempt, Stonewalling, and Defensiveness
List the Aim Procedure and Results of two studies regarding strategies for the promotion of prosocial behaviour.
(You get the points if Ms. Svetlana thinks that your answer was detailed enough)
List the Aim Procedure and Results of two studies regarding why relationships change or end.
(You get the points if Ms. Svetlana thinks that your answer was good enough)
List the Aim Procedure and Results of two studies regarding cooperation and/or competition.
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What was the name of the movie that Ms.Svetlana recommended? (It's also a name of a theory)
Then, elaborate on said theory
The movie/theory was Fatal Attraction
Fun to Foolish, Strong to Domineering, etc