Author Question: Which statement BEST describes the decision making model of helping behavior developed by Latane and ... (Read 93 times)

casperchen82 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which statement BEST describes the decision making model of helping behavior developed by Latane and Darley?

A) Fallacies in our thinking make it difficult for us to make rational decisions regarding prosocial behavior.
B) People are more likely to help during an emergency when there are relatively few bystanders.
C) The person confronted by an emergency situation must make five crucial decisions before helping.
D) Whether we perform prosocial behavior depends on whether we have been primed to do so.
E) Diffusion of responsibility is the reason that helping is inhibited in groups.

Question 2

The bystander effect is ________.

A) an exclusive concern with one's own personal needs and welfare
B) the relatively equal sharing of responsibility to help by all of the bystanders present during an emergency
C) a helpful action that benefits other people without necessarily providing direct benefit to the bystanders
D) the observation that the probability of a prosocial response to an emergency is influenced by the number of bystanders present
E) cooperative behavior among unrelated individuals that provides benefit to both individuals