Regarding Bystander Intervention, Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 188

Multiple Choice

Regarding bystander intervention, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) Higher costs, such as possible embarrassment, great effort, and especially personal risk, almost always decrease helping.
• B) In one study, the presence of an extra, passive bystander doing nothing to help actually increased the likelihood of people stopping to help in a potentially dangerous situation.
• C) Helping is much more likely when we are able to take the perspective of others and feel sympathy for their plight.
• D) Empathic arousal is especially likely to motivate helping when the person in need seems to be different than ourselves.

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Definitions:

Sale Occurs

The event in which goods or services are transferred from a seller to a buyer for monetary consideration.

Sales Return

Transactions that involve the returning of sold goods by customers, resulting in a reduction of revenue.

Credits

Credits are accounting entries that increase liabilities or equity accounts, or decrease asset or expense accounts.

Sales Returns And Allowances

Purchase returns and allowances from the seller’s perspective. See Purchase return and Purchase allowance, above.