According to John Darley and Bibb Latané, What Are the Two

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According to John Darley and Bibb Latané, what are the two primary mechanisms that may be responsible for the failure of bystanders to help during emergencies? Describe each of them. What types of people are bystanders most likely to help? If you were going to try to increase prosocial helping behaviour, what are four things you might try?

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Definitions:

Strategies

Plans of action designed to achieve long-term or overall goals and objectives.

Competitors

Other businesses or individuals that offer similar products or services and vie for the same target market's attention and resources.

Extrapyramidal Effects

Severe side effects of the major tranquilizers.

Schizophrenia

A serious mental disorder characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.