In an Emergency, Everyone Looks to Others, Who Are Looking

question 15

Multiple Choice

In an emergency, everyone looks to others, who are looking to them, and thus everyone appears calm so we think it is not an emergency. Latané and Darley call this:

• A) coactor continuation
• B) social facilitation
• C) social exhaustion
• D) pluralistic ignorance

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated or classified to see their effect on dependent variables.

Dependent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are expected to change in response to changes in the independent variables.

Stepwise Regression

A method of fitting regression models in which the choice of predictive variables is carried out by an automatic procedure, adding or removing variables based solely on statistical criteria.

Stepwise Regression

A regression analysis technique where an automatic process is used to select the predictive variables.