Question

When 68-year-old Mrs. Blake had a flat tire on a fairly isolated highway, she received help from a passerby in less than 10 minutes. One year later, when she had a flat tire on a busy freeway, an hour elapsed before someone finally stopped to offer assistance. Mrs. Blake's experience best illustrates
the bystander effect. T/F

Answer 1

Answer:

True.

Explanation:

The bystander effect is the effect that was developed by psychologists Bibb Latane and John Darley. The effect suggests that a person is less likely to receive help in an emergency when there are several witnesses around. A famous example of the bystander effect was the brutal murder case of Catherine Genovese.

In the given scenario, Mrs. Blake experienced the bystander effect because she was able to receive help quickly in the emergency situation (flat tire) when on an isolated highway than when the situation was on a busy freeway.

So, the answer is true.