The research on people's willingness to help strangers in distress was inspired by

a. research on the bystander intervention effect.
b. newspaper reports of an assault and murder of a woman.
c. the discovery of an altruism gene.
d. the finding of altruistic behavior in various animal species.

Answer: b. newspaper reports of an assault and murder of a woman.

Psychology

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What will be an ideal response?

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