Social Psychology

This is an essay exam – that means you need to answer the following questions in full sentences in well-developed paragraphs (at least 1 paragraph for each answer). You are required to answer 10 items. The first 6 items are not optional. In addition, you are to choose 4 more items to answer from the questions in the Options area. Type your responses, noting the item number, in a Word, Google Docs, or pdf format. Use #12 font and double space.

Social Psychology Unit 5 Test
Fall 2020

This is an essay exam – that means you need to answer the following questions in full sentences
in well-developed paragraphs (at least 1 paragraph for each answer). You are required to answer
10 items. The first 6 items are not optional. In addition, you are to choose 4 more items to
answer from the items in the Options area. Type your responses, noting the item number, in a
Word, Google docs, or pdf format. Save your document using the following naming convention:

{Plicker Number}.Unit5.Fall20.docx

Where {Plicker Number} is the number on your Plicker. Include periods where indicated. I am
using anonymous grading, so this code will prevent me from knowing whose paper I am looking
at until it is graded. Submit your unit test to Blackboard no later than December 20, 2020 at
midnight.

Answer these 6 items in well-developed paragraphs

1. List and define 3 types of prosocial behavior. Discuss why not all prosocial behavior is
seen as selfless.
2. Using Latané & Darley’s 5-Step Model of Helping, explain what you should do if you are
in emergency situation and need help.
3. List and define the 5 factors of the McCrae and Costa Big 5 personality model. Explain
which one seems to be most closely related to helping behavior and why.
4. Describe how the strange situation laboratory model works and what it is used to study.
5. Some people believe in “love at first sight” or “soul mates.” Others believe that marriage
is an outdated concept and that humans aren’t meant to commit to only one other person
for life. Provide scientific evidence from your text that supports or fails to support each
viewpoint.
6. Thinking about the Clark & Hatfield (1989) research, provide a reason that men and
women responded the way they did based on a theory described in the text.
Options: Pick any 4 from the following

1. Why is bilateral symmetry considered cross-culturally attractive? What does it imply?
2. Describe an example of how mere exposure may contribute to initial attraction.
3. Describe the Dutton & Aron (1974) “bridge” study. What is the key finding?
4. What is the relationship between attachment theory and personality? How does
attachment relate to the success of intimate relationships?
5. What is a point of the Darley & Batson (1973) Good Samaritan experiment? Describe
the experiment and the outcomes.
6. Compare and contrast the way that people who view religion as quest approach helping
behaviors differently than those who are intrinsically religious. Provide at least one
example.
7. The commercial asking for donations to the relief fund showed images of starving and
injured children. What type of helping is this most likely to inspire?
8. Show how the evolutionary perspective explains helping behavior. Be sure to discuss
social exchange and kinship selection.