We Are More Likely to Help Individuals Who Are Similar

question 17

Multiple Choice

We are more likely to help individuals who are similar to us and with whom we have had early contact in the home because

• A) we perceive such individuals as more physically attractive.
• B) we perceive such individuals as having more charitable personalities.
• C) we perceive such individuals as more likely to share our genes.
• D) we perceive such individuals as being more likely to reciprocate helping.

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Definitions:

Sensorimotor Substage

A phase in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where infants learn through interacting with the world via their senses and actions.

Secondary Circular Reactions

Part of Piaget's theory of cognitive development, these are repetitive actions in infants aged 4-8 months that reflect the infant's discovery of actions and their effects on the environment.

Primary Circular Reactions

Early infantile behaviors, identified in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, characterized by repetitive actions that focus on the infant's own body, usually discovered by chance.

Secondary Circular Reactions

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where infants repeat an action that has an interesting effect outside of their own body.