Question

Amy is walking across campus and sees someone on her hands and knees looking for a ring that slipped off her finger. Which of the following is false, according to the empathy-altruism hypothesis?
A) feels emathy toward the person, so she will probably stop and help the stranger look for the ring, regardless of whether it is in her self-interest to do so
B) feels empathy toward the person, but she doesn't think she has mch to gain by helping, so she decides not to help the person look for the ring
C) doesn't feel empathy toward the person, but recognizes her a a TA in her English class. Amy really wants to get a good grade in that English class, soshe will probably stop and help er TA look for the ring.
D) doesn't feel empathy toward the person adn doesn't think she has much to gain by helping, so she decides not to help the person look for the ring.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is B.

Explanation:

According to the empathy - altruism hypothesis, there are two elements involved. One party has empathical feelings towards another, and the act of helping out which is the altruistic element. In this example B does not follow the empathy - altruism hypothesis because it states that "she feels empathy but does not help her because she doesn't have anything to gain." which is wrong because according to the hypothesis, there is an act of altruism involved if there is empathy. That is not the case in option B, so the correct answer is B.

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