Question

Nabila was at a busy grocery store when she and many others saw a gentleman on the ground. She stopped to stare and thought to herself that surely someone had already called for help for this man. She decided that because so many people were present to see the gentleman, help was already on the way. Nabila's decision not to call for help can be best explained by___________.

Answer 1

Answer: Diffusion of responsibility

Step-by-step explanation:

Diffusion of responsibility is the phenomena in which people tend not to make a decision or any action in front of large group of people .They don't react on particular situation as they think some other person will take the correct step instead.

According to situation mentioned, Nabila's decision was based on was made on diffusion of responsibility .She did not took any step for man on ground as she thought crowd members must have called for help already .She was facing pressure in acting by herself for helping the man.