Ruth volunteers at a homeless shelter two days a month. She finds that she looks forward to her volunteer days because she feels good when helping others. Her mood is elevated before she reaches the shelter and for a few days afterwards
This situation best represents the ________.
A) altruistic personality
B) implicit bystander effect
C) empathy-altruism hypothesis
D) empathic joy hypothesis
E) negative-state relief model
Answer: D
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a. myelination of the cerebellum. b. myelination of the corpus callosum. c. the frontal lobe and the medulla. d. the cerebrum and the limbic system.
How do the personality characteristics hardiness and resilience assist people in moderating the effects of stress, and improving their ability to cope?
What will be an ideal response?
Studies on the accuracy of human memory and eyewitness testimony suggest that __________
a) eyewitness testimony should be an integral part of any court case b) it is unusual for a courtroom witness to incorrectly recall a fact or detail c) an eyewitness who incorrectly recalls something is lying d) eyewitness testimony is highly subject to error
Dr. Esterson is studying the effect of caffeine on laboratory rats. He has decided that he will give the rats 100 milligrams of caffeine three times a day, and then run them through mazes at various points to see if
there is any change in the time it takes to complete the maze. Based on his review of existing research addressing this topic, Dr. Esterson believes that the rats will complete the maze the fastest immediately after they ingest the caffeine. Dr. Esterson's belief about the results he will find is called a(n): a. covariate. b. construct. c. theory. d. hypothesis.