Question 1

Identify two key ways (two stages of intervention) in which the presence of other bystanders often inhibits people from responding to an emergency.

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Question 2

What factors serve to increase prosocial behaviour?

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Question 3

Whom are we most likely to help? How might the belief in a just world inhibit us from helping?

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Question 4

Identify some major types of environmental stimuli that increase the risk of aggression.

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Question 5

Discuss the aspects of the communicator and message that are important factors in persuasion. Include a description of the difference between the central and peripheral routes to persuasion.

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Question 6

Define the term "catharsis" and how is it related to Megargee's concept of overcontrolled hostility?

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Question 7

How do cognitive factors determine whether we respond to a stimulus aggressively?

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Question 8

Describe Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance and describe a hypothetical study to demonstrate how it accounts for the impact of counterattitudinal behaviour on attitudes. What is self-perception theory and what different explanation does it offer for these results?

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Question 9

Based on research, how does media violence affect people's behaviour and attitudes?

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Question 10

What additional factors help to explain why bystanders may be helpful?

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Question 11

What is the fundamental attribution error and what are two possible reasons for its occurrence? Define the self-serving bias and explain how it is different from the fundamental attribution error. What has research shown regarding the cultural stability of these two tendencies?

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Question 12

How do social norms, self-reinforcers, and empathy influence helping behaviour?

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Question 13

According to learning principles, how might violent video games teach people to behave aggressively? Does evidence support this view?

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Question 14

According to sociobiologists, what is the evolutionary basis of helping behaviour?

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Question 15

What is social facilitation and how does it work? Describe two hypothetical situations, one in which the presence of others would increase your performance and another where the presence of others would decrease your performance.

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Question 16

What methodology did Richard LaPiere use to investigate the relation between attitudes and behaviour and what results did he obtain? List and discuss the conditions under which attitudes are good predictors of behaviour.

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Question 17

According to the catharsis and social learning viewpoints, what role does media violence play in regulating human aggression?

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Question 18

What evidence supports a genetic role in aggression?

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Question 19

Describe some brain regions and body chemicals that play a role in aggression.

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Question 20

Discuss how reinforcement and modelling contribute to aggression.

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Quiz 13: Behaviour in a Social Context