In Support for the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis, Researchers (Toi & Batson

Multiple Choice

In support for the empathy-altruism hypothesis, researchers (Toi & Batson, 1982) found that participants were most likely to help a student named Carol who was injured in an automobile accident when they were told __________.

A) to try to imagine how Carol felt about what happened to her and how it changed her life.
B) to be objective, and not to focus on how Carol felt.
C) that they would see Carol every week in class.
D) that they would never come face to face with Carol.