This question is missing the options. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:
In an enactment of the Good Samaritan situation, Darley and Batson (1973) studied the helpfulness of Princeton seminarians in order to assess whether helping behavior was influenced by
Select one:
a. religious education.
b. age differences.
c. social responsibility. Incorrect
d. time pressures.
Answer:
Darley and Batson wished to assess whether helping behavior was influenced by:
d. time pressures.
Explanation:
As a matter of fact, Darley and Batson did find evidence that helping behavior was influenced by time pressures. In other words, when we have more time to spare, we are more likely to help others on our way, like the Good Samaritan did.
In their study in Princeton, Darley and Batson sent students to a recording studio. The students had been asked to think about a talk they were to record there. The students who had been given more time to reach the studio were most likely to stop and help someone on their there than the others.
