It was extensively studied by Darley and Latane, whose experiments involved situations such as smoke slowly filling a room or a confederate having a seizure.
It was extensively studied by Darley and Latane, whose experiments involved situations such as smoke slowly filling a room or a confederate having a seizure. Causes of it include deference to more-qualified authority, diffusion of responsibility, and pluralistic ignorance, in which people look to their companions for direction. In the most famous example of it, a woman was stabbed to death in the presence of more than thirty witnesses, none of whom called for help. For 10 points, the murder of Kitty Genovese was an example of what phenomenon, in which the presence of others prevents individuals from acting in emergencies?
It was extensively studied by Darley and Latane, whose experiments involved situations such as smoke slowly filling a room or a confederate having a seizure.
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