Based on the Study by Shariff and Norenzayan (2007) Presented

question 145

Multiple Choice

Based on the study by Shariff and Norenzayan (2007) presented in your text, if you pass by several churches, then a block or so later a homeless person asks you for change, how are you likely to behave?

• A) You would probably take the person to the churches you passed to get help.
• B) You would be very unlikely to give the person money.
• C) You would be more likely to give the person money.
• D) Passing by churches would not prime you to give more money, but passing by banks might.

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