In Reading Descriptions of the Behaviors of the New York

question 195

Multiple Choice

In reading descriptions of the behaviors of the New York University students who participated in Latané and Darley's (1968) experiment on bystander intervention, you wonder whether a similar study conducted in Tokyo in 1968 would have yielded the same results as those participants from NYU. In essence, your question is, "Will these results generalize across __________?"

• A) time
• B) people
• C) situations
• D) manipulations

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Definitions:

Equitable

Fair and impartial treatment, especially in matters of distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.

45-degree Line

A line graphed in economics and finance representing places where two variables measured on the axes are equal in value.

Gini Coefficient

A scale assessing the distribution of income among a population, where 0 denotes total equality and 1 indicates complete disparity.

Income

Periodic financial returns from work engagements or investments.