Psy Beh 192B - The Science and Practice of Compassion » Winter 2022 » Week 7 Quiz

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Question #1
Which one of these is not one of three D’s of bystander intervention?
A.   Deny
B.   Distract
C.   Delegate
D.   Direct
Question #2
Which type of social influence is associated with social pressure and conformity to group norms?
A.   Motivational social influence
B.   Confirmatory social influence
C.   Normative social influence
D.   Informational social influence
Question #3
Which type of social influence is associated with ambiguity in social situations?
A.   Confirmatory social influence
B.   Normative social influence
C.   Motivational social influence
D.   Informational social influence
Question #4
What type of social influence is associated with private attitude change?
A.   Informational social influence
B.   Confirmatory social influence
C.   Normative social influence
D.   Motivational social influence
Question #5
Which of the following was not discussed as a situational factor that leads to conformity in behavior?
A.   When the situation is an emergency
B.   When the group size is large
C.   When the request or demand is repeated multiple times
D.   When the request or demand comes from an authority
Question #6
A group of friends wants to have some fun. One person, jokingly, suggests that they rob a bank. Nobody in the group thinks this is a good idea, but nobody wants to speak out against the idea, thinking everyone else wants to do it. This is an example of:
A.   Pluralistic ignorance
B.   Diffusion of responsibility
C.   Existential angst
D.   Pluralistic norm setting
Question #7
A group of friends goes camping overnight. They realize at the campsite that nobody brought a tent. Everyone thought that somebody else would bring the tent. This is an example of:
A.   Pluralistic norm setting
B.   Pluralistic ignorance
C.   Diffusion of responsibility
D.   Existential angst
Question #8
Sometimes, people show prejudice through a tendency to help those from stigmatized groups less relative to non-stigmatized groups. Under what conditions are we likely to see such prejudice?
A.   When we think other people are also witness to an emergency
B.   When we think we are the only witnesses to an emergency
C.   Neither of the choices
Question #9
How is social class related to compassion?
A.   The relationship between social class and compassion depends on the helper’s gender
B.   Social class is negatively related to compassion
C.   Social class is not related to compassion
D.   Social class is positively related to compassion
Question #10
People who strive to be egalitarian but nevertheless have prejudiced feelings or thoughts are likely to experience:
A.   Extreme prejudice
B.   Post-traumatic prejudice
C.   Modern prejudice
D.   Aversive prejudice
Question #11
A majority of people expect that they would speak out against offensive, discriminatory comments, but research shows that a much smaller percentage actually do so. Reasons we have gone over for this discrepancy include:
A.   All of the answers are correct.
B.   People underestimate the importance losing a valued outcome (e.g., a valued job)
C.   People underestimate the strength of social norms (e.g., about being polite)
D.   People think they will be angry, but become anxious instead
Question #12
Darley and Baston’s classic 1973 study showed that even people we would not expect to show a lack of compassion did so under particular circumstances. Which group did the authors conduct their study with?
A.   Nuns
B.   Seminary Students
C.   Firefighters
D.   Police Officers
Question #13
Which of the following is not one of the stages necessary for people to engage in helping behavior?
A.   Notice the event
B.   Interpret the event as an emergency
C.   Assume responsibility
D.   Decide they are the only ones who can help
Question #14
When are you least likely to show compassion towards another person?
A.   At the end of the day
B.   When you are taking a leisurely stroll
C.   During a holiday
D.   When you are in a big hurry
Question #15
In 2012, a fight broke out in the NYC subway. A bystander, silently munching on snacks, averted an escalation by continuously standing in between the two people fighting. “Snackman” quickly became famous. His behavior is an example of which "D" for bystander intervention?
A.   Deny
B.   Direct
C.   Distract
D.   Delegate
Question #16
Prejudice is more likely to occur when the situation or context is ambiguous.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #17
You would be more likely to call out an interviewer’s inappropriate questions if you were applying for a managerial position, rather than a clerical position
A.   True
B.   False
Question #18
Piff and colleagues (2012) showed that people driving fancier (expensive, more modern looking) cars were more likely to give pedestrians the right of way in a busy intersection relative to people driving more modest cars
A.   False
B.   True
Question #19
Stellar et al. (2012) found that higher social class was associated with lower levels of dispositional compassion, but was unrelated to people’s compassionate reactions in response to a compassion-inducing stimulus
A.   False
B.   True
Question #20
Donnerstein and Donnerstein (1979) showed that people were more willing to give severe, dangerous shocks to a “learner” who got questions wrong when the learner was Black relative to when the learner was White
A.   False
B.   True

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