In support for the empathy-altruism hypothesis, researchers (toi & batson, 1982) found that participants were most likely to a student named carol who was injured in an automobile accident when they were told .to try to imagine how carol felt about what happened to her and how it changed her life. b. to be objective, and not to focus on how carol felt. c. that they would see carol every week in class. d. that they would never come face to face with carol.

As you drive in to school, you hear a random radio-show caller arguing that sun exposure really has not been shown to cause skin cancer and that some research suggests that skin cancer is completely genetic and not related to sun exposure at all. at the time, you think that this is a silly argument and that the caller does not know what she is talking about. however, two months later, you are outside without wearing sunscreen, and you find yourself remembering that you had read something about how the sun actually does not cause skin cancer. this process is evidence that has influenced your attitude