In One Well-Known Study of Helping Behavior, Researchers Examined Helping

question 168

Multiple Choice

In one well-known study of helping behavior, researchers examined helping among a sample of theology students. Students were either (a) put under time pressure or not put under time pressure and (b) expecting to give a speech about the parable of the (very helpful) Good Samaritan or expecting to give a speech about something else. What did the researchers find?

• A)In this study, helping was not affected by time pressure.
• B)In this study, helping was not affected by the speech manipulation.
• C)In this study, helping was not affected by time pressure or by the speech manipulation.
• D)In this study, helping was highest among the low time pressure, Good Samaritan group.

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