Author Question: Gillian is sitting in a crowded coffee shop when she hears the squeal of brakes and the crash of ... (Read 54 times)

sam.t96 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Gillian is sitting in a crowded coffee shop when she hears the squeal of brakes and the crash of metal-on-metal. She looks around and notices that all the other customers remain engrossed in their conversations.

Because these cool and calm responses ________, Gillian will be ________.
a. provide normative cues; more likely to go outside to help
b. increase pluralistic ignorance; less likely to assume it's an emergency situation
c. decrease evaluation apprehension; more likely to go outside to help
d. reduce Gillian's sense of personal responsibility; less likely to go outside to help

Question 2

Using the stage model of the decisions bystanders make before helping (or not helping) in an emergency, which of the following is NOT one of the stages in the model?

a. noticing the event
b. altruism
c. assuming responsibility
d. implementing the decision to help or not help