In one study, participants watched a videotape of a student talking about dropping out of college because she felt isolated and distressed. She was described as similar or dissimilar to the participants
Participants were then offered an opportunity to provide her with some advice. What did the findings show?
A) Participants who felt empathy gave more advice.
B) Participants who felt empathy gave less advice.
C) Participants who were similar to her and felt low levels of empathy gave the most advice.
D) Participants who felt empathy, were similar to her, and were told they would be given feedback about how effective their advice was, gave more advice.
E) Participants who felt empathy, were dissimilar to her, and were told they would be given feedback about how effective their advice was, gave more advice.
Answer: D
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