Malica Recently Completed an Experiment That Revealed Participants Are Less

question 51

Multiple Choice

Malica recently completed an experiment that revealed participants are less likely to offer assistance to a victim when there are many bystanders than when there are fewer bystanders. Which of the following represents a plausible follow-up experiment to extend her current findings?

• A) investigating whether the rate of 911 calls for victim assistance is higher in more heavily populated cities than in less populated cities
• B) looking for archival data on gender differences in helping behavior as documented by newspapers and police records
• C) gathering self-report data of whether participants have provided more assistance to friends than to strangers throughout their lives
• D) examining whether participants primed to think about helping are more likely to provide assistance than are those who are not primed to think about helping

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