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mikaylakyoung

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Cosmo is walking home on a busy downtown street when he notices a woman lying on the sidewalk who appears to have lost consciousness. Which obstacle to helping would best explain why he did not interpret the event as an emergency?
 
  a. audience inhibition
  b. pluralistic ignorance
  c. diffusion of responsibility
  d. empathetic altruism

Question 2

Research on social comparison shows that
 
  a. people generally bask in reflected glory when they have accomplished siblings.
  b. patients like to affiliate with other patients who are coping well.
  c. breast cancer victims engage in more upward than downward comparison.
  d. children have higher self-esteem when surrounded by others who are equally competent.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

b



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