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jwb375 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

According to Latan and Darley (1970), a number of things must occur before witnesses decide to intervene in an emergency situation. According to this stage model, diffusion of responsibility is most likely to affect witnesses'

a. attention to their surroundings.
b. interpretation of an event as an emergency.
c. sense of obligation to intervene.
d. assessments of the costs and benefits of intervening.

Question 2

Even if it is clear that a person needs help, that you are the person responsible to help, and that you know how to help, you might still decide not to help. Reasons that people do not help in such cases include all of the following EXCEPT

a. the situation isn't an emergency, and the Latan and Darley model isn't applicable.
b. people fear that they might make fools of themselves if they help.
c. the cost of administering help might be too high.
d. people fear that they might make things worse if they try to help.