Jeff, Andrea, and Nancy Were Busily Working at Their Computers

question 201

Multiple Choice

Jeff, Andrea, and Nancy were busily working at their computers in the graduate student lounge when Jeff exclaimed, "My chest hurts." Neither Andrea nor Nancy responded to this exclamation. Nor did they respond when Jeff said again, "No, really, I think I could be having a heart attack." The two women continued typing, each of them thinking, "I don't need to worry about Jeff. The other person in the room will help him. What I need to worry about is my manuscript deadline." In this example, the graduate students have fallen victim to:

• A)altruism.
• B)the rule of reciprocity.
• C)the door-in-the-face technique.
• D)the bystander effect.

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