People Often Feel More Altruistic When They Have Helped Without

question 27

Multiple Choice

People often feel more altruistic when they have helped without receiving payment or implied social pressure than when offered a reward for doing so.This is best explained by:

• A)moral exclusion.
• B)the overjustification effect.
• C)the bystander effect.
• D)diffusion of responsibility.

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Definitions:

Extraversion

A personality trait characterized by outgoing, sociable, and energetic behavior.

Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology proposed by Albert Bandura that suggests individual behavior and the environment mutually influence each other.

Trait Theory

A theory in psychology that posits personality is composed of a number of broad traits, or characteristic ways of behaving.

Psychodynamic Theory

A theory in psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.