Describe Batson's empathy-altruism hypothesis. Describe the roles of perspective taking and empathic concern, and the conditions under which, according to Batson, pure altruism can occur
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The hypothesis is that when one person empathizes with the plight of another person, he/she will want to help that other for purely altruistic reasons (no expected benefit for oneself). Perspective taking paves the way to the emotional response of empathic concern, and this can lead to altruistic motivation and self-helping.
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a. all motivation comes from the desire for external rewards. b. today's motivation researchers emphasize the biological drives that guide behavior. c. human motivation is based entirely on psychological goals, not biological needs. d. drive theories do not account for the full complexity of human motivation.
In an experiment, if the obtained results would occur by chance in less than five experiments out of 100, the results
a. were randomly assigned. b. cannot be replicated. c. were statistically significant. d. were part of a meta-analysis.