Author Question: In one study participants were shown a videotape of a teacher-student interaction and asked to write ... (Read 137 times)

shofmannx20 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In one study participants were shown a videotape of a teacher-student interaction and asked to write down what the people on the tape were feeling or thinking. Results show participants who

A) reported accurately what the people were feeling got along better with others.
B) reported accurately what the people were feeling were more intelligent.
C) were inaccurate about what the people thought were more likely to be bullies.
D) were inaccurate about what the people felt were more intelligent.
E) believe they were accurate were often inaccurate about what the people felt.

Question 2

Walter has just watched the news of Hurricane Irene, including an interview with a man who is standing in knee deep water in his basement. Walter decides to go to the store and on his way sees a stranded motorist.

The empathy-altruism model predicts that Walter will
A) keep driving because on a bad day like today he can't begin to deal with one more problem.
B) keep driving because the motorist is a member of his in-group.
C) stop and try to help in order to alleviate his own negative feelings.
D) stop and try to help because he might as well wallow in his negative feelings.
E) stop and try to help because he remembers how it feels to be stranded on the side of the road.