Chapter 10 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Motivated by the desire to improve another?s welfare.
altruistic
The proposition that people react to emergency situations by acting in the most cost-effective way to reduce the arousal of shock and alarm.
arousal: cost-reward model
Reluctance to help for fear of making a bad impression on observers.
audience inhibition
The effect whereby the presence of others inhibits helping.
bystander effect
The belief that others will or should take the responsibility for providing assistance to a person in need.
diffusion of responsibility
Motivated by the desire to increase one?s own welfare.
egoistic
Understanding or vicariously experiencing another individual?s perspective and feeling sympathy and compassion for that individual.
empathy
The proposition that empathic concern for a person in need produces an altruistic motive for helping.
empathy-altruism hypothesis
The effect whereby a good mood increases helping behavior.
good mood effect
Preferential helping of genetic relatives, which results in the greater likelihood that genes held in common will survive.
kin selection
The proposition that people help others in order to counteract their own feelings of sadness.
negative state relief model
A moral standard emphasizing that people should help those who need assistance.
norm of social responsibility
The state in which people in a group mistakenly think that their own individual thoughts, feelings, or behaviors are different from those of the others in the group.
pluralistic ignorance
Actions intended to benefit others.
prosocial behaviors
A general rule of conduct reflecting standards of social approval and disapproval.
social norm
The theory that reactions to receiving assistance depend on whether help is perceived as supportive or threatening.
threat-to-self-esteem model
