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Sam's younger brother has just given him 400.00 to pay for repairs to his (Sam's) car. Sam is very unhappy about accepting the money from his brother and intends to repay the money with interest over the next few months.
 
  Sam is now also planning to switch to a higher-paying job, even if it means working somewhere that he doesn't like as well as his current job, because he is determined to never be in a position to have to accept help from his brother again. This situation represents ________.
  A) diffusion of responsibility
  B) a wish to be in better financial condition
  C) genetic determinism
  D) the motivating aspect of receiving help from someone else
  E) the negative-state relief model

Question 2

One way in which the Internet has increased helping is by ____.
 
  A) decreasing the amount of empathy we feel for others
  B) increasing our negative states which must then be relieved via prosocial behavior
  C) connecting us with people all over the world who we can help via organizations like kiva.org
  D) increasing competitive altruism because we can readily see how others are helping
  E) increasing our anonymity so that our prosocial behavior will not be noticed



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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