A Person Is More Likely to Help a Stranger in an Emergency

question 189

Multiple Choice

A person is more likely to help a stranger in an emergency situation when she is the only one there to provide help,relative to a situation where others also could potentially render aid.This bystander intervention effect is due to a more general phenomenon termed:

• A)altruism.
• B)diffusion of responsibility.
• C)cooperation.
• D)groupthink.

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