Question

) in a demonstration of the ________, 43% of psychology students who had learned about research on bystander nonintervention came to the aid of someone who appeared to be in distress, compared with only 25% of the students who had not received this information.

Answer 1

This is the enlightenment effect at work. This effect demonstrates that learning about the findings of psychological research can have real-world implications and can change behaviors. Most of the time, this effect is in a positive direction, as noted by the research on intervention behaviors and how more people showed a willingness to help when learning about associated research on the subject.