Research Suggests That Negative Moods Tend to Enhance Helping

question 91

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that negative moods tend to enhance helping

• A) almost never.
• B) when responsibility for the negative mood is placed elsewhere.
• C) when helping values are not relevant.
• D) when helping is thought to repair mood.

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Definitions:

Case Study

a detailed investigation and analysis of a particular individual, group, event, or situation over a period of time, often used in psychological, sociological, and medical research.

Generalize

The cognitive process of applying specific instances or experiences to broader situations or categories.

Observer Effects

The changes that the act of observation makes on a phenomenon being observed, significant in the realm of quantum mechanics as well as in social sciences.

Participant Observation

A naturalistic observation in which the observer becomes a participant in the group being observed.