Which Scenario Is an Example of the "Cold-To-Hot Empathy Gap

question 60

Multiple Choice

Which scenario is an example of the "cold-to-hot empathy gap"?

• A) An intoxicated woman finds a male friend far more attractive than she does when she is sober.
• B) A woman underestimates the positive personality traits of unattractive men and overestimates the positive traits of attractive men.
• C) A man shows more empathy to an attractive friend he wants to date than to his less attractive friends.
• D) Although a man considers pressured sex morally wrong, once aroused he persists in trying to persuade his date to have sex with him.
• E) A man feels deeply connected to his girlfriend while they are having sex, but less connected when they are just hanging out together.

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