In a Study Examining the Role of Perspective Taking and Prosocial

Multiple Choice

In a study examining the role of perspective taking and prosocial behaviour, Batson et al. (2003) asked students to assign themselves and another person to a research task; one of the tasks was less desirable. Students in the experimental condition were asked to complete a perspective taking exercise. The findings of this study included all of the following statements, except

A) 75% of the students who did not complete the perspective taking task assigned the more desirable task to themselves.
B) Perspective taking seems to have a negative correlation with prosocial behaviour.
C) Less than half of the students who completed the perspective taking task assigned the more desirable task to themselves.
D) Engaging in perspective taking can increase prosocial behaviour.