In One Well-Known Study of Helping Behavior, Researchers Examined Helping

Multiple Choice

In one well-known study of helping behavior, researchers examined helping among a sample of theology students. Students were either (a) put under time pressure or not put under time pressure and (b) expecting to give a speech about the parable of the (very helpful) Good Samaritan or expecting to give a speech about something else. What did the researchers find?

A) In this study, helping was not affected by time pressure.
B) In this study, helping was not affected by the speech manipulation.
C) In this study, helping was not affected by time pressure or by the speech manipulation.
D) Helping was highest among the low-time-pressure, Good Samaritan group.