A Common Factor That Increases the Likelihood of Helping Behavior

question 37

Multiple Choice

A common factor that increases the likelihood of helping behavior irrespective of the bystander's emotional state is a(n) ________.

• A)interesting or fun quality to the helping task
• B)sense of independence and control
• C)unambiguous need for help
• D)sense of power
• E)feeling of being personally responsible for one's own mood

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Definitions:

Unconscious

The part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.

Continuous

Without interruption or cessation; ongoing, constant, or uninterrupted in time or sequence.

Personality

The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character, involving patterns of thought, feelings, and behaviors.

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.