When Darley and Latané Exposed Participants to a Faked Seizure

question 41

Multiple Choice

When Darley and Latané exposed participants to a faked seizure in one of three experimental conditions (participants were lone witnesses, one of three witnesses, or one of five witnesses) , they found that __________.

• A) although participants who believed they were lone witnesses took longer to help, more of them did eventually help than in the other conditions
• B) when lone participants thought the experimenter also overheard the seizure, they took longer to help
• C) participants who thought they were lone witnesses helped more and helped faster
• D) helping is not substantially reduced when the number of witnesses increases from two to five

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Definitions:

Heterozygous

Describes an organism that has two different alleles for a specific gene, resulting in genetic variation.

Genotypic

Genotypic refers to the genetic constitution of an organism, including all of its genes and alleles, which can influence its phenotype or observable characteristics.

Phenotypic

Pertaining to the observable characteristics of an organism, which result from both its genetic makeup and environmental influences.

Monohybrid Trait

A characteristic that is influenced by a single gene.