In an experiment, what was found about empathy as it relates to one's social group or national group? Did an appeal to empathy for a person experiencing a bad problem have any effect?
Was the effect stronger or weaker for either one's own, or the other, group? How does this relate to the kin selection idea?
Answer:
Stuermer and colleagues had German participants (either culturally German or of Muslim cultural background) learn about a person having a problem, either of their own group or of the other group. Empathy for the person was engendered across the board, but was stronger for a person of one's own group. In some sense, this is parallel to kin selection in that we favor people who are most similar to ourselves, or in our group.
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