Author Question: The phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance is one in which bystanders in an emergency tend to A) ... (Read 66 times)

frankwu · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance is one in which bystanders in an emergency tend to

A) suddenly forget what they know regarding delivering aid in emergency situations, due to overwhelming stress.
B) become paralyzed in emergency situations, due to overwhelming empathy for the person in the emergency situation.
C) perpetuate the mistakes of others while caring for a person in an emergency situation.
D) look around at other people who don't appear alarmed, and assume there's no emergency after all.

Question 2

Experiments conducted by Darley and Latan demonstrated that the greater the number of people who witness a victim in an emergency,

A) the more similar to us we perceive the victim.
B) the less likely it is that any one observer will help.
C) the more likely it is that any one observer will help.
D) the less similar to us we perceive the victim.