Research Has Indicated That When Students Who Had Recently Learned

question 85

Multiple Choice

Research has indicated that when students who had recently learned about the bystander effect were confronted with a contrived emergency under circumstances unlikely to promote helping,their willingness to help ____.

• A) increased
• B) was unchanged
• C) increased for a few hours, but then declined
• D) decreased due to reactance

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Definitions:

Normal Profit

The minimum amount of profit required for a company to remain competitively active in the market; it is also the break-even point for a business.

Identical Firms

Companies within the same industry or market that offer products or services indistinguishable from one another to consumers.

Economic Profit

The difference between total revenue and total costs, including both explicit and implicit costs, reflecting the actual profitability of a firm beyond accounting profit.

Equilibrium

A state of balance in a market when the quantity demanded equals the quantity supplied, leading to no further incentive to change.