A boss is talking with a newly-appointed executive in his office. While pleading with the boss to postpone an upcoming deadline, the executive begins to cry. Reacting to the executive's distress, the boss becomes upset as well. The boss decides to help the executive in order to relieve his own distress. According to Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis, the boss's decision to help the executive is due to ________ motivation.

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The boss decides to help the executive to relieve his own distress, which aligns with egoistic motivation. According to Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis, if the motivation to help is to reduce one's own distress rather than the distress of the person in need, it is considered egoistic.

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