In Support for the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis,Miho Toi and Daniel Batson

question 57

Multiple Choice

In support for the empathy-altruism hypothesis,Miho Toi and Daniel Batson (1982) found that participants were more 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) that they would never come face to face with Carol.
• C) they would be paid to help Carol.
• D) that Carol had other friends who might be able to help her.
• E) to be objective, and not to focus on how Carol felt.

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Grammatical Morphemes

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First Language

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Morphemes

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