In Support for the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis, Researchers (Toi & Batson

question 100

Multiple Choice

In support for the empathy-altruism hypothesis, researchers (Toi & Batson, 1982) found that participants were most likely to help a student named Carol who was injured in an automobile accident when they were told __________.

• A) to try to imagine how Carol felt about what happened to her and how it changed her life.
• B) to be objective, and not to focus on how Carol felt.
• C) that they would see Carol every week in class.
• D) that they would never come face to face with Carol.

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