UVa PSYC 2600 - Final Mazurek Exam
2026 Questions and Answers
prosocial behavior - Correct answer-any act performed with the goal of benefiting
another
altruism - Correct answer-the desire to help another person even at a personal cost
kin selection - Correct answer-the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative
are favored by natural selection
norm of reciprocity - Correct answer-the expectation that helping others will
increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future
empathy - Correct answer-the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person
and to experience events and emotions the way that person experiences them
empathy-altruism hypothesis - Correct answer-the idea that when we feel empathy
for a person, we will attempt to help that person for purely altruistic reasons
altruistic personality - Correct answer-the qualities that cause an individual to help
others in a wide variety of situations
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, in-group - Correct answer-the group with which an individual identifies as a
member
out-group - Correct answer-any group with which an individual does not identify
urban overload hypothesis - Correct answer-the theory that people living in cities
are constantly bombarded with stimulation and that they keep to themselves to
avoid being overwhelmed by it
bystander effect - Correct answer-the finding that the greater number of bystanders
who witness an emergency, the less likely any one of them is to help
pluralistic ignorance - Correct answer-the case in which people think that everyone
else is interpreting a situation in a certain way, when in fact they are not
diffusion of responsibility - Correct answer-the phenomenon wherein each
bystander's sense of responsibility to help decreases as the number of witnesses
increases
aggression - Correct answer-intentional behavior aimed at causing physical harm
or psychological pain to another person
hostile aggression - Correct answer-aggression stemming from feelings of anger
and aimed at inflicting pain or injury
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2026 Questions and Answers
prosocial behavior - Correct answer-any act performed with the goal of benefiting
another
altruism - Correct answer-the desire to help another person even at a personal cost
kin selection - Correct answer-the idea that behaviors that help a genetic relative
are favored by natural selection
norm of reciprocity - Correct answer-the expectation that helping others will
increase the likelihood that they will help us in the future
empathy - Correct answer-the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person
and to experience events and emotions the way that person experiences them
empathy-altruism hypothesis - Correct answer-the idea that when we feel empathy
for a person, we will attempt to help that person for purely altruistic reasons
altruistic personality - Correct answer-the qualities that cause an individual to help
others in a wide variety of situations
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, in-group - Correct answer-the group with which an individual identifies as a
member
out-group - Correct answer-any group with which an individual does not identify
urban overload hypothesis - Correct answer-the theory that people living in cities
are constantly bombarded with stimulation and that they keep to themselves to
avoid being overwhelmed by it
bystander effect - Correct answer-the finding that the greater number of bystanders
who witness an emergency, the less likely any one of them is to help
pluralistic ignorance - Correct answer-the case in which people think that everyone
else is interpreting a situation in a certain way, when in fact they are not
diffusion of responsibility - Correct answer-the phenomenon wherein each
bystander's sense of responsibility to help decreases as the number of witnesses
increases
aggression - Correct answer-intentional behavior aimed at causing physical harm
or psychological pain to another person
hostile aggression - Correct answer-aggression stemming from feelings of anger
and aimed at inflicting pain or injury
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