Researchers Staged an Incident in Which a Man Fell Down

Multiple Choice

Researchers staged an incident in which a man fell down with a cry of pain and raised his pant leg to reveal a bloody injury. The staged scene was repeated in both rural and urban areas. When Amato counted the number of passersby who stopped to help the man, he found that __________.

A) no matter where the staged incident occurred, people were equally likely to help
B) people in small towns helped more than people in urban areas
C) because the man was a stranger, people in rural areas helped less
D) women in rural areas helped more than men, but in urban areas there was no gender difference