WK 6 L1 Interpersonal processes

Question 1

Obedience

Answer 1

refers to compliance to the order of an authority figure

Question 2

Milgrams research

Answer 2

got participants to elicit electrical punishment

Question 3

Factors Tha influence obedience

Answer 3

victims proximity, experimental procedure, gradual escalation

Question 4

Altruism

Answer 4

Intentional behaviours that benefit another person

Question 5

Theories of altruism

Answer 5

ethical hedonism, genuine altruism and reciprocal altruism

Question 6

ethical hedonism

Answer 6

acts of altruism are really selfish acts that benefit the actor

Question 7

Genuine altruism

Answer 7

natural compassion

Question 8

Reciprocal altruism

Answer 8

mutual benefit

Question 9

Empathy altruism hypothesis

Answer 9

batson

Question 10

Social exchange theory

Answer 10

cost and rewards of helping

Question 11

helping is rewarding in 3 ways

Answer 11

can increase likelihood of reward, relieve personal distress of bystander and gain social approval and worth

Question 12

2 factors that correlate with helping

Answer 12

economic well-being and notion of simpatico

Question 13

notion of simpatico

Answer 13

concern of well-being for others- latin

Question 14

Economic well-being

Answer 14

more well off, less likely to help out

Question 15

Environments of prosocial behaviour

Answer 15

rural more helpful than urban

Question 16

Urban overload hypothesis- milgram

Answer 16

city folk more likely to keep to themselves to avoid being overloaded by the stimulation they receive

Question 17

Bystander effect- latene and darley

Answer 17

greater the presence of people, less likely you will receive help

Question 18

Bystander effect steps

Answer 18

notice event, interpret event, assume responsibility, know how to help and take action

Question 19

Pluralistic ignorance

Answer 19

where bystanders assume nothing is wrong because nobody else looks concerned

Question 20

Diffusion of responsibility

Answer 20

each bystanders sense of responsibility to help decreases as the number of witnesses increases

Question 21

Model of bystander intervention

Answer 21

latene and darley

Question 22

Deindividuation

Answer 22

bystanders who feel anonymous are less likely to help and more likely to justify inaction

Question 23

Aggression

Answer 23

verbal or physical behaviour aimed at harming

Question 24

Instrumental aggression

Answer 24

calm, pragmatic aggression

Question 25

Catharsis

Answer 25

aggression reduces level of physiological arousal, reduction in arousal- less anger- less likely to continue aggression

Question 26

Alcohol myopia

Answer 26

disruption in the way we process info

Question 27

Social learning theory- bandura

Answer 27

behaviour is learned through observations of others