Research on the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Helping Behaviour

question 120

Multiple Choice

Research on the relationship between personality traits and helping behaviour reveals that

• A)personality traits have little to no influence on helping.
• B)the person and the situation interact to predict helping.
• C)assertiveness strongly predicts helping across a variety of situations.
• D)gender is the only person characteristic that predicts helping better than situational factors.

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Definitions:

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response when the reinforcement is no longer presented.

Shock-Avoidance Response

A learned behavior in which an individual or animal acts to avoid or prevent an anticipated painful or unpleasant stimulus.

Unacceptable Thought

A notion or idea that is denied or repressed because it is distressing or socially unacceptable, often discussed in psychoanalytic contexts.

Sense of Control

The belief or perception that one has the power to influence events and outcomes in their life.