Researchers Tested the Hypothesis That Rates of Helping Strangers Would

question 7

Multiple Choice

Researchers tested the hypothesis that rates of helping strangers would be higher in countries that valued simpatía. They staged helping incidents in twenty-three large cities and observed whether or not people helped. These researchers found __________.

• A) helping was dramatically higher in those countries that valued simpatía
• B) helping tended to be higher in those countries that valued simpatía, but was also high in some countries where this was not a value
• C) no difference in this study, because the helping examined was of strangers rather than of in-group members
• D) no differences in this study, because they examined helping in an urban rather than in a rural setting

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