Participants in an experiment by Miho Toi and Daniel Batson (1982)listened to an (alleged)radio interview in which a student in their Introductory Psychology class described an accident that caused her to fall behind in the course.Based on the empathy-altruism hypothesis,the researchers predicted that participants would help Carol when

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The empathy-altruism hypothesis predicts that people are more likely to help others when they feel empathy for them. In this experiment, the researchers predicted that participants would help Carol when they were instructed to try to imagine how she felt, because this would increase their empathy for her.

Participants in an Experiment by Miho Toi and Daniel Batson