Researchers Exposed Some Students to a Lecture on Bystander Intervention

question 38

Multiple Choice

Researchers exposed some students to a lecture on bystander intervention research and other students to a lecture on an unrelated topic. Two weeks later ___________.

• A) the students had forgotten what they learned, suggesting that education is not beneficial in increasing helping
• B) students exposed to the lecture on helping were more likely than others to help, even in the presence of an unresponsive confederate
• C) students who did well on a test were more likely to help, independent of the lecture they heard
• D) students who did poorly on a test were more likely to help, independent of the lecture they heard

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