In an Enactment of the Good Samaritan Situation, Darley and Batson

question 127

Multiple Choice

In an enactment of the Good Samaritan situation, Darley and Batson studied the helpfulness of Princeton seminarians in order to assess whether helping behaviour is influenced by

• A) religious education.
• B) age differences.
• C) social responsibility.
• D) time pressures.

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Definitions:

Bobo Doll

An experiment conducted by Albert Bandura that demonstrated that children could learn aggressive behavior through observation and imitation, a cornerstone in the study of social learning theory.

Operant Conditioning

Operant conditioning is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Prosocial Behavior

Actions intended to benefit others, including helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs by observing the behavior of others and the outcomes of those behaviors, without direct experience.