Walter has just watched the news of Hurricane Irene, including an interview with a man who is standing in knee deep water in his basement. Walter decides to go to the store and on his way sees a stranded motorist

The empathy-altruism model predicts that Walter will
A) keep driving because on a bad day like today he can't begin to deal with one more problem.
B) keep driving because the motorist is a member of his in-group.
C) stop and try to help in order to alleviate his own negative feelings.
D) stop and try to help because he might as well wallow in his negative feelings.
E) stop and try to help because he remembers how it feels to be stranded on the side of the road.


Answer: E

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