Question

According to reports (Rosenthal, 1964), many of Kitty Genovese's unresponsive neighbors did hear her crying out, "Oh my God, he stabbed me! Please help me! Please help me!" This suggests that the reason that her neighbors failed to intervene followed from

Answer 1

Diffusion of responsibiity

Step-by-step explanation:

the reason that her neighbors failed to intervene followed from diffusion of responsibility.

Diffusion of responsibility happens when people wait for others to act or take decisions instead of themselves. None of her neighbors intervened because each neighbor that heard her scream was waiting for another neighbor to act or intervene instead. This theory is from the bystander effect.