Cosmo is walking home on a busy downtown street when he notices a woman lying on the sidewalk who appears to have lost consciousness. Which obstacle to helping would best explain why he did not interpret the event as an emergency?
a. audience inhibition
b. pluralistic ignorance
c. diffusion of responsibility
d. empathetic altruism
Question 2
Research on social comparison shows that
a. people generally bask in reflected glory when they have accomplished siblings.
b. patients like to affiliate with other patients who are coping well.
c. breast cancer victims engage in more upward than downward comparison.
d. children have higher self-esteem when surrounded by others who are equally competent.
These young children are taking the initiative to explore their environment as they examine a snail
Acromegaly. Photo of a woman illustrating the enlarged skull, jaw, and hands typical of acromegaly.
An 1827 portrait by George Catlin of Eeh-Nis-Kin (Crystal Stone), a Blackfoot woman.
Head of A Woman
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A partial pedigree of a woman with the Bombay phenotype