Author Question: Frank has recently graduated from college and moved from New York City back to the small town in ... (Read 126 times)

2125004343 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Frank has recently graduated from college and moved from New York City back to the small town in Ohio where he grew up. He now finds that he is much more inclined to engage in prosocial behavior. What is the most likely reason for this change?

a. Growing up in a small town caused him to internalize altruistic values.
b. The change in his immediate surroundings changed his likelihood of helping.
c. College students are less likely to help because they are more susceptible to the bystander effect.
d. Frank is more likely to engage in negative-state relief when he is in the small town.

Question 2

Amy is walking across campus and sees someone on her hands and knees looking for a ring that slipped off her finger.

Under which of the following conditions is Amy LEAST likely to help the person look for the ring, according to the empathy-altruism hypothesis?
a. Amy feels empathy toward the person, so she will probably stop and help the stranger look for the ring, regardless of whether it is in her self-interest to do so.
b. Amy feels empathy toward the person, but she doesn't think she has much to gain by helping, so she decides not to help the person look for the ring.
c. Amy doesn't feel empathy toward the person but recognizes her as a TA in her English class. Amy really wants to get a good grade in that class, so she decides not to help her TA look for the ring.
d. Amy doesn't feel empathy toward the person and doesn't think she has much to gain by helping, so she decides not to help the person look for the ring.