This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Several researchers have found that people are more likely to receive help in a rural environment ... (Read 103 times)

jenna1

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 568
Several researchers have found that people are more likely to receive help in a rural environment than in an urban environment. Are urban dwellers simply more callous?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

It would seem reasonable to assume that people would be more likely to help others who are part of their in-groups than their out-groups. It is not quite as simple and straightforward as that, however. Explain.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

af

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 356
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Perhaps rural dwellers are more likely to be socialized to be trusting and altruistic. A more likely explanation for these differences is that people who live in urban environments are more likely to be bombarded with stimulation, and thus tend to keep to themselves to prevent becoming overwhelmed by that stimulation; this is the substance of the urban-overload hypothesis (Milgram, 1970).

Answer to Question 2

Answer: An in-group is a group with which one identifies and of which one feels he or she is a member (e.g., friends, fellow students, members of one's own culture). An out-group is a group with which one does not identify (e.g., strangers, members of another culture). If the person in need of help is a member of one's in-group, researchers have established that the helping results from feelings of empathy. If the person in need of help is a member of one's out-group, the helping results from the rewards that are possible for helping. The good news is that people will help people in both their in- and out-groups, but will help for different reasons.




jenna1

  • Member
  • Posts: 568
Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM


adf223

  • Member
  • Posts: 304
Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

Did you know?

The shortest mature adult human of whom there is independent evidence was Gul Mohammed in India. In 1990, he was measured in New Delhi and stood 22.5 inches tall.

Did you know?

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.

Did you know?

Approximately one in three babies in the United States is now delivered by cesarean section. The number of cesarean sections in the United States has risen 46% since 1996.

Did you know?

There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.

Did you know?

Though Candida and Aspergillus species are the most common fungal pathogens causing invasive fungal disease in the immunocompromised, infections due to previously uncommon hyaline and dematiaceous filamentous fungi are occurring more often today. Rare fungal infections, once accurately diagnosed, may require surgical debridement, immunotherapy, and newer antifungals used singly or in combination with older antifungals, on a case-by-case basis.

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library