Eisenberg and Colleagues (2002)found That the Extent to Which Preschool

question 6

Multiple Choice

Eisenberg and colleagues (2002) found that the extent to which preschool children exhibited spontaneous helping behaviour predicted how helpful they would be in later childhood and early adulthood.Which of the following hypotheses is most consistent with this finding?

• A) the hypothesis that there are stable individual differences in helping
• B) the hypothesis that situational factors can overwhelm personality differences in helping
• C) the hypothesis that the altruistic personality is genetically based
• D) the hypothesis that individuals high in empathy tend to be more helpful than those low in empathy

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