Question

When Darley and Latané exposed participants to a faked seizure in one of three experimental conditions (participants were lone witnesses, one of three witnesses, or one of five witnesses), they found that __________. Select one: a. although participants who believed they were lone witnesses took longer to help, more of them did eventually help than in the other conditions b. when lone participants thought the experimenter also overheard the seizure, they took longer to help c. participants who thought they were lone witnesses helped more and helped faster d. helping is not substantially reduced when the number of witnesses increases from two to five

Answer 1

Answer:

participants who thought they were lone witnesses helped more and helped faster.

Explanation:

When participants believe that there are other people who witness the seizure, they are most likely to believe that those other people will help the victim in their place, which will discourage them from making the first move.

If the participants feel that they are the lone witness, the social pressure that they felt is much greater, which push them to provide help themselves within a short period of time.