Judy, Alone, Sees a Person Who Appears to Be Drowning

question 76

Multiple Choice

Judy, alone, sees a person who appears to be drowning in the ocean. She wants to help but questions whether her swimming ability will allow her to rescue the individual. It appears that Judy is stuck at the ________ step of Darley and Latané's (1970) model of bystander intervention.

• A) first
• B) second
• C) third
• D) fourth

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Definitions:

Appetitive

Refers to behaviors or processes associated with seeking out and approaching positive or desired stimuli.

Fixed Patterns

A term that refers to repeatable and predictable behaviors or sequences observed in natural or designed systems.

Taxes

Movements or orientations of an organism in response to external stimuli.

Fixed Action Patterns

Instinctive behavioral sequences that are relatively invariant within the species and are triggered by specific stimuli.