The BEST Explanation for Why an Individual Is More Reluctant

question 25

Multiple Choice

The BEST explanation for why an individual is more reluctant to help others when the individual thinks that many people are available to help is that people:

• A) are especially apathetic when other people are around to help.
• B) are more afraid when others are around who might observe that the individual could do something to help.
• C) show more diffusion of responsibility when more people are around who could help.
• D) do not understand probability and believe someone in need will more likely get help when more people are around.

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Definitions:

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons and conduct them toward the cell body.

Axon

The axon is a long, slender projection of a neuron that conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body toward other neurons or to muscles or glands.

Cell Body

The spherical part of a neuron that contains the nucleus and connects to the dendrites, which receive messages, and the axon, which sends them.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.