Week 6 Quiz

A  More likely that they’ll feel compassion for each other

B  Doesn’t affect the compassion that they’ll feel for each other

C  Less likely that they’ll feel compassion for each other

A  Decreased

B  Unchanged

C  Enhanced

A  True

B  False

A  True

B  False

A  Organisms will only help others to whom they’re related

B  Organisms always offer others less help than they themselves have received

C  Organisms will help others to whom they’re not related in order to ensure returned favors in the future

A  False

B  True

A  Less likely that a new person entering the scene will help the person in distress

B  More likely that a new person entering the scene will help the person in distress

C  Equally likely that a new person entering the scene will help the person in distress (i.e., doesn’t affect the new person’s likelihood of helping).

A  False

B  True

A  Empathy –> Compassion –> Prosocial Behavior

B  Compassion –> Empathy –> Prosocial Behavior

C  Empathy –> Prosocial Behavior –> Compassion

A  Choices that cannot be made with any certainty

B  Choices for which preferences are constant over time

C  Choices that have different consequences as time passes

A  False

B  True

A  False

B  True

A  Only toward people who haven’t directly wronged or harmed you

B  Only toward people of your own group who have directly wronged or harmed you

C  Toward anyone who has wronged or harmed you

A  True

B  False

A  They are more dominant and might punish if we were to refuse to help

B  They are the ones who are most likely to reciprocate if we ourselves are in need

C  They are higher in status and thus can help us more

A  More ethical than them

B  Similar to them

C  More powerful than them

A  The victims are members of our own social group

B  The victims are attractive

C  The victims are members of a different social group

A  They tend to increase the compassion they feel for increasing numbers of sufferers

B  The level of compassion they feel for single versus multiple sufferers remains constant

C  They tend to reduce the compassion they feel for increasing numbers of sufferers

A  The tendency to feel more compassion for people who are identified as similar to you

B  The tendency to feel more compassion for a single identifiable victim than for many unidentified/unseen others

C  The tendency to feel less compassion for a single identifiable victim than for many unidentified/unseen others

A  The ability to feel what another person is feeling

B  The ability to care that another is in distress

C  The ability to tell if another person is lying