Tests of Helping: teacher key

Kindness, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Scientists set small tasks for toddlers, chimpanzees and rats to see who would help. See what happened in each test.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did the adult drop in the clothes task?
   • A ball
   • A clothes peg (answer)
   • A cup
2. In which tasks did young chimpanzees help?
   • Harder ones only
   • None
   • Easy ones (answer)
3. What was a rat as likely to do first as free its cagemate?
   • Open a container of chocolate (answer)
   • Climb a tree
   • Go to sleep
4. How did a free rat act when its cagemate was trapped?
   • Sleepy
   • More upset (answer)
   • Silly
5. How long have some unrelated bats traveled together?
   • One week
   • Three days
   • More than ten years (answer)
6. Who did the pet dogs go to?
   • A crying stranger, not only their owner (answer)
   • Only their owner
   • A sleeping cat

Words

• cagemate: cage companion
• distress: upset feeling
• toddlers: very young kids
• empathy: sharing feelings
• colony: bat group