Lesson 3.2.1.3.1

3.2.1.3.1 Bystander behaviour: presence of others and the cost of helping Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 5

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the reduction of helping behaviour when others are present?

    • Group polarisation
    • Deindividuation
    • Social loafing
    • Bystander effect

  2. What term describes feeling less need to act because others are present?

    • Diffusion of responsibility
    • Pluralistic ignorance
    • Social loafing
    • Evaluation apprehension

  3. Which situational factor increases the likelihood of a bystander helping in an emergency?

    • Being sole witness
    • Shared responsibility
    • Large crowd size
    • High ambiguity

  4. What psychological term covers the time, effort or danger involved in intervening?

    • Diffusion penalty
    • Bystander burden
    • Cost of helping
    • Altruistic reward

  5. How does a high cost of helping affect the likelihood of bystander intervention?

    • Has no effect
    • Guarantees helping
    • Reduces helping
    • Increases helping

  6. Which concept explains why people look to others and assume no emergency exists?

    • Social inhibition
    • Pluralistic ignorance
    • Altruistic decay
    • Audience effect

  7. Which is a social factor affecting bystander intervention?

    • Personality
    • Presence of others
    • Similarity to victim
    • Expertise

  8. According to the bystander effect, what happens to helping behaviour as crowd size increases?

    • Decreases
    • Becomes erratic
    • Stays the same
    • Increases

  9. A bystander thinks, 'Someone else will call for help.' Which concept is this?

    • Social loafing
    • Agentic state
    • Diffusion of responsibility
    • Deindividuation

  10. A passer-by avoids helping a victim because the situation is dangerous. What factor is this?

    • Social influence
    • Audience inhibition
    • Cost of helping
    • Pluralistic ignorance

  11. Why might having first-aid training increase the likelihood of bystander intervention?

    • Lowers perceived cost
    • Raises personal danger
    • Increases diffusion
    • Creates pluralistic ignorance

  12. A researcher finds people help more quickly when the victim is similar to them. Which factor is this?

    • Diffusion of responsibility
    • Cost of helping
    • Similarity to victim
    • Presence of others

  13. Which specific action minimises the diffusion of responsibility in an emergency?

    • Asking one directly
    • Waiting for others
    • Shouting generally
    • Calling out for help

  14. Besides the number of bystanders, what other factor significantly affects helping behaviour?

    • Genetic inheritance
    • Cognitive capacity
    • Cost of helping
    • Sensory memory

  15. Why might a bystander in a large crowd fail to act during an emergency?

    • Direct instruction
    • Enhanced awareness
    • Shared responsibility
    • Increased empathy

  16. What causes bystanders to assume no emergency exists because others remain calm?

    • Audience inhibition
    • Social loafing
    • Pluralistic ignorance
    • Diffusion of responsibility

  17. In bystander research, what is meant by the 'presence of others'?

    • Number of victims
    • Severity of danger
    • Number of potential helpers
    • Distance to the event

  18. What does a low cost of helping typically predict about bystander intervention?

    • Delayed response times
    • Higher helping rates
    • Zero intervention
    • Lower helping rates

  19. Which research design best tests the effect of the presence of others on helping?

    • Self-report questionnaire
    • Longitudinal tracking
    • Case study method
    • Alone versus group

  20. According to the cost-reward model, what must a bystander weigh up before deciding to act?

    • Age and gender
    • Costs and rewards
    • Time and distance
    • Mood and personality

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