Birth order and an experimental study of empathy.

104 Ss in all, divided into groups of 6, had the opportunity of empathizing with the assumed anxiety of 1 of their number with whom they had interacted. The critical S was placed in a test situation and in ? of the cases performed poorly and in the other ? very well. The palmar sweating of the other Ss was measured during the test performance and their reports on their own feelings of anxiety were obtained. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)