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rl · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

In your search for a car to buy, you encounter a possible car of Brand X. A friend, at one point, had confided that she had had a bad experience with Brand Xit was a lemon.

You remember what she said, but you do not focus on it much, and soon you are evaluating the car without thinking of it. What circumstance would likely increase your feelings of suspicion about the car you are considering?

Question 2

Explain how the concept of diffusion of responsibility relates to the action or inaction of bystanders during the murder of Kitty Genovese.

What will be an ideal response?

ngr69 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

While a friend telling me to be careful about a particular brand because of her personal experience with it is nice, I am much more likely to be suspicious of any Brand X car if I myself have had a bad experience with that brand of car.

Answer to Question 2

The diffusion of responsibility is a principle that suggests that the greater the number of witnesses to an emergency, the less likely victims are to receive help. This is because each bystander assumes that someone else will assume responsibility for helping. In the case of Kitty Genovese, the murder occurred in a location where many people could see and hear what was going on; so, one explanation could be that no one tried to help because each person thought someone else would have stepped up to help.