Question

Baston and his colleagues (1981)) has university women watch another women suffer a series of painful shocks, Some participants were led to feel empathy for her and then asked if they could trade places. taking her reaming shocks. The results indicated what ?

a) Empathy led to a willingness to trade places
b) Empathy did not affect their willingness to help
c) Empathy decreased their willingness to help
d) Empathy increased their aggression

Answer 1

Empathy led to a willingness to trade places.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the study conducted by Baston and his colleagues (1981), university women were asked to watch another woman suffer a series of painful shocks. Some participants were led to feel empathy for the woman and were then asked if they would be willing to trade places with her and take the remaining shocks. The results of the study indicated that empathy led to a willingness to trade places, suggesting that empathy can increase one's willingness to help.