Before They Ran Any Actual Experiments, John Darley and Bibb

question 237

Multiple Choice

Before they ran any actual experiments, John Darley and Bibb Latané based the development of their theory of diffusion of responsibility on the highly publicized murder of Kitty Genovese and a few other similar instances. This would represent an instance in which science is utilizing __________ reasoning.

• A)propositional
• B)deductive
• C)inductive
• D)heuristic

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