Question

Recall that John Darley and Daniel Batson (1973) conducted a study in which participants were provided the opportunity to help when they were on their way to deliver a brief speech on the Good Samaritan or on another topic. These researchers found that ________ because ________.

Answer 1

The options are

a. seminary students were more likely to help a man slumped in a doorway; they remembered the Golden Rule

b. participants in a hurry were less likely to help; they didn't notice the man slumped in the doorway

c. participants who scored higher on empathy were more likely to help; they could take the suffering man's perspective

d. participants who were to discuss the Good Samaritan were more likely to help; the norm of charity was more accessible

The answer is b. participants in a hurry were less likely to help; they didn't notice the man slumped in the doorway

The study conducted by John Darley and Daniel Batson in 1973 to ascertain which participants were provided the opportunity to help when they were on their way to deliver a brief speech on the Good Samaritan or on another topic. These researchers found that participants in a hurry were less likely to help; they didn't notice the man slumped in the doorway