Ron and Elaine are walking down the street when they see someone helping an old man across the road. On the next block, they see a woman having difficulty in trying to get across the street Elaine says, "We'd better give her a hand." The woman who initially helped the old man ________.

A) decreased the diffusion of responsibility
B) due to self-monitoring effects
C) helped increase other directed affect
D) acted as a prosocial model
E) acted as a boost to egocentrism


Answer: D

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