John Darley's and Bibb Latané's Statement, "IF an Emergency Occurs

question 260

Multiple Choice

John Darley's and Bibb Latané's statement, "IF an emergency occurs, THEN the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely any one bystander will be to intervene" is best considered an example of a(n)

• A)specific prediction
• B)proven theory
• C)behavioural correlation
• D)initial research question

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Definitions:

Contingency

An event or condition that is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty, often dependent on other events happening.

Conjunct

A conjunct is a component of a compound sentence formed by the logical connective ‘and’, contributing to the compound's overall truth value.

Conjunction

A word used to connect clauses or sentences (in grammar) or the operation in logic that forms a compound statement which is true only if both of its components are true.

Contingency

An upcoming occurrence or condition that has the potential to happen but whose certainty cannot be guaranteed.