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.