Acts where people voluntarily and intentionally behave in a way that they believe will benefit others is known as:
a) prosocial behaviour
b) helping behaviour
c) altruism
d) bystander apathy
CORRECT = B
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Persistent or continuing stress is best described as
a. neurotic. b. anxiety-inducing. c. depressing. d. annoying. e. chronic.
Strayer and Johnston's (2001) experiment involving simulated driving and the use of "hands-free" vs. "handheld" cell phones found that
a. talking on either kind of phone impairs driving performance significantly and to the same extent. b. driving performance was impaired only with the handheld cell phones. c. driving performance was impaired less with the hands-free phones than with the handheld phones. d. divided attention (driving and talking on the phone) did not affect performance.
Darren was a few minutes late coming home and noticed a mean look on his wife's face when he came in. If he was unsure of why she looked cross and relied on perception checking, the first step he should take is __________________
a. describe what he noticed to her (in this case, her cross face) b. say, "I didn't know if you were angry at me for being a little late or if you had a bad day with kids or at work" c. ask her which interpretation is correct d. offer to take her to dinner
What is the type of research in which people of different ages are compared at the same point in time?
a) longitudinal b) sequential c) developmental d) cross-sectional