SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE
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Question
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When in a bad mood, you’re more likely to help if:
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Your attention is focused on yourself
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You’re trying to escape the bad mood
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Your attention is focused on others
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -True/False: People are much less likely to help someone when they’re in a bad mood. False-Compared to neutral moods, negative moods often elicit more helping and prosocial behaviors.
Detailed explanation-2: -Good Moods and Helping In the scenarios above, you probably said that when you’re in a good mood you’ll be more likely to help someone else, and psychologists have found that’s true.
Detailed explanation-3: -Being in a bad mood could impact our orientation toward another’s suffering and our desire to alleviate it. In addition, since bad moods may be contagious, being in a bad mood could put others in a bad mood, which might impact their ability to empathize with us, as well.
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