The Study by Romer, Gruder, and Lizardo (1986) Found That

question 32

Multiple Choice

The study by Romer, Gruder, and Lizardo (1986) found that altruistic people tended to help more when not given a reward. If this finding is interpreted to mean that altruistic people find it more internally rewarding to help when they are not given an external reward, this supports the conclusion that people are:

• A) basically altruistic, in the sense that they helped when they could.
• B) basically selfish, because even altruistic people were getting an internal reward.
• C) are unselfish, because they helped even when they did not get a reward.
• D) basically unselfish, because all altruistic people helped when they could.

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Definitions:

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