Author Question: Your friend Gretchen is notoriously rude to her partner. She never says anything nice or ... (Read 100 times)

Mr3Hunna · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Your friend Gretchen is notoriously rude to her partner. She never says anything nice or complimentary and frequently embarrasses her partner in front of others.

Gretchen calls and leaves a very distressed message for you letting you know that her partner has dumped her and she really needs someone to talk to about it. Will you call Gretchen back? a) Yes, you will because you are the only one that can help.
b) Yes, you will because you want to hear how Gretchen is suffering at this loss.
c) No, because you feel Gretchen is responsible for her own predicament.
d) No, because we prefer not to help if it requires emotional effort.

Question 2

Ron and Elaine are walking down the street when they see someone helping an old man across the road. On the next block, they see a woman having difficulty in trying to get across the street. Elaine says, We'd better give her a hand.

The woman who initially helped the old man ________. a) decreased the diffusion of responsibility
b) acted due to self-monitoring effects
c) helped increase other directed affect
d) acted as a prosocial model