Researchers staged an incident in which a man fell down with a cry of pain and raised his pant leg to reveal a bloody injury. The staged scene was repeated in both rural and urban areas. When Amato counted the number of passersby who stopped to help the man, he found that __________.
A) no matter where the staged incident occurred, people were equally likely to help
B) people in small towns helped more than people in urban areas
C) because the man was a stranger, people in rural areas helped less
D) women in rural areas helped more than men, but in urban areas there was no gender difference

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Research has shown that people in small towns are more likely to help than people in urban areas. Therefore, it is likely that more passersby stopped to help in rural areas than in urban areas. There is no information to suggest that the stranger's rural or urban status influenced the help provided, nor is there any information about gender differences in helping behavior.

Researchers Staged an Incident in Which a Man Fell Down