During Rush Hour One Afternoon,Tabitha Sees a Van on Fire

question 12

Multiple Choice

During rush hour one afternoon,Tabitha sees a van on fire at the side of the road.Though normally she would drive on by assuming that someone else had already called for help,she learned in her psychology class that people often walk or drive past emergencies,due to __________.When she calls 911,she is nonetheless shocked to learn that nobody else has called in the fire.

• A) social facilitation
• B) normative social conformity
• C) the bystander effect
• D) deindividuation

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