AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Situational factors for helping include:
A
Noticing the situation, interpreting the situation, taking responsibility for helping
B
Noticing the situation, empathy, taking responsibility for helping
C
Interpreting the situation, taking responsibility for helping, helping
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -From this we cover dispositional or personal reasons why someone may help (or not) to include personal responsibility, time pressures, personality, self-conscious emotions, religiosity, feeling good, gender, empathy, and egotism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Situational determinants have a limited arousal function, the direction of the behavior is determined by an individual’s disposition. In terms of our earlier distinction between motive and motivation, this approach represents the study of motivation based solely on motives and not on motivation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social and situational factors that can influence prosocial behaviors include the interpretation of others’ needs, the relationship to others, the reciprocal altruism, the number of bystanders, the normative pressure to help, and the evaluation of the cost to help (Batson, 1998).

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