When the Bystander-Calculus Model Is Applied to the Kitty Genovese

question 9

Multiple Choice

When the bystander-calculus model is applied to the Kitty Genovese murder,bystander apathy could be accounted for by

• A) considering the personal costs of helping, e.g., being killed
• B) failing to experience sufficient empathic concern
• C) thinking the victim was 'asking for it'
• D) both A and B

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