Author Question: Given empirical support for the bystander effect (Latan & Darley, 1970), all things being equal, ... (Read 88 times)

cartlidgeashley · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Given empirical support for the bystander effect (Latan & Darley, 1970), all things being equal, you would be more likely to get needed assistance were you to have a heart attack

a. at a large convention of ministers.
b. when having a conversation with one other person.
c. in a busy restaurant.
d. at a crowded shopping mall.

Question 2

When Darley and Latan exposed participants to a faked seizure in one of three experimental conditions (participants were lone witnesses, one of three witnesses, or one of five witnesses), they found that

a. although participants who believed they were lone witnesses took longer to help, more of them did eventually help than in the other conditions.
b. when lone participants thought the experimenter also overheard the seizure, they took longer to help.
c. participants who thought they were lone witnesses helped more and helped faster.
d. helping is not substantially reduced when the number of witnesses increases from two to five.