A Person Who Is Especially Motivated to Avoid Harm

question 79

Multiple Choice

A person who is especially motivated to avoid harm

• A)is engaging in prevention focus.
• B)is engaging in promotion focus.
• C)has lost his or her self-guide.
• D)has high self-esteem.

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Definitions:

Diffusion Of Responsibility

The feeling among bystanders at an emergency that the responsibility for helping is shared by the group, making each person feel less compelled to act than if he or she alone bore the total responsibility.

Darley And Latané

Psychologists known for their research on the bystander effect, illustrating how individual responsibility is diluted in the presence of others.

Bystander Effect

A behavioral pattern observed in social psychology where people are less inclined to assist someone in need when there are others around.

Cognitive-Neoassociationistic Model

A theory proposing that cognition and emotions are linked in a network of associations, affecting how stimuli are processed and reactions are generated.