The research on people's willingness to help strangers in distress was inspired by
a. research on the bystander intervention effect.
b. newspaper reports of an assault and murder of a woman.
c. the discovery of an altruism gene.
d. the finding of altruistic behavior in various animal species.
Answer: b. newspaper reports of an assault and murder of a woman.
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c. both must come from the mother. d. strike only males.
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