The Research Showing That People Who Are in a Good

question 1

Multiple Choice

The research showing that people who are in a good mood are more likely to help also:

• A) provides strong support for the claim that people are fundamentally altruistic.
• B) suggests that helping is a positive experience all people want to have.
• C) implies that helping depends on another variable and is not completely altruistic.
• D) supports the evolutionary basis of altruism.

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Definitions:

Random Sequences

Sequences of numbers or events where each member has an equal probability of occurring and the occurrence of each member is independent of the others.

Placebo Effect

A beneficial effect, produced by a placebo drug or treatment, that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo itself, and must therefore be due to the patient's belief in that treatment.

Double-Blind Procedures

Experimental procedures in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias.

Placebo Effects

The phenomenon in which a person experiences a physical or psychological improvement after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic value.