In One Well-Known Study on Empathy, Participants Had to Watch

Multiple Choice

In one well-known study on empathy, participants had to watch a confederate receive electric shocks. The researchers manipulated how difficult it was to escape from watching these electric shocks. Some participants were told that they had to watch 10 full trials of shocks, while others were told that they could leave after watching the first two trials. This manipulation was done to test for ____.

A) audience inhibition
B) egoistic motives for helping
C) diffusion of responsibility
D) belief in a just world