Research indicating that people were less likely to offer help if they had first been given a pill that they were led to believe would prevent them from changing their current mood provides support for:

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The negative state relief hypothesis suggests that people are more likely to engage in helping behavior when they are in a negative mood. This research indicates that people who believed their mood could not be changed were less likely to offer help, which supports the negative state relief hypothesis. The other answer choices are not supported by this specific research finding.

Research Indicating That People Were Less Likely to Offer Help