Ron and Elaine are walking down the street when they see someone helping an old man across the road. On the next block, they see a woman having difficulty in trying to get across the street. Elaine says, "We'd better give her a hand " The woman who initially helped the old man ________.
a) decreased the diffusion of responsibility
b) acted due to self-monitoring effects
c) helped increase other directed affect
d) acted as a prosocial model
d
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A) not learn anything under these conditions. B) key peck only when the tone turns off. C) begin key pecking whenever the tone sounds and will continue to peck the key, even when it turns off. D) key peck only in the presence of the tone sounding.
According to the chapter Aggression Breeds Aggressionabout the catharsis hypothesis, participants in the
present study were exposed to one of the three catharsis messages which were (a) pro-catharsis, anti- catharsis, control (b) catharsis, condensed anger, extreme pacifism (c) pro-anger,pro-catharsis, control (d) pro-catharsis, anti-anger, control
First-year college students may be more susceptible than seniors to informational social influence because
a. they want to be liked by a group. b. there is a charismatic leader in the group. c. they have no allies in their group. d. the situations they encounter are ambiguous.
Jayne is having difficulty finding adequate, affordable daycare for her child while she is at work. Instead of focusing on the negative, she looks at the bright side and realizes that at least she has a good job in a tight economy. Jayne is utilizing
a) coping. b) emotion-focused coping. c) defensive coping. d) problem-focused coping.