The Textbook Describes Research Examining Whether Empathy Can Motivate Altruism

question 33

Multiple Choice

The textbook describes research examining whether empathy can motivate altruism, even when the helping is anonymous.This study manipulated whether participants were feeling more or less empathic when evaluating another person, and asked participants if they would help the person in the future.In addition, some participants thought that both the experimenter and the person needing help knew their decision, but other participants thought that their responses were anonymous.The results showed that

• A) when helping was made public, low-empathy participants helped just as much as high-empathy participants.
• B) low-empathy participants helped more when helping was public, but high-empathy participants helped more when helping was anonymous.
• C) high-empathy participants helped more than low-empathy participants, even when the helping was anonymous.
• D) participants said they would help more when the helping was public, but they did not follow through on their promises.

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Definitions:

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