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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