Nabila was at a busy grocery store when she and many others saw a woman being forced into a car in the parking lot. She stopped to stare, acknowledging that this woman needed to be helped. She assumed that she was not the only one who noticed this happening and that someone had likely already called the police to help the woman. Nabila's decision not to call for help can be best explained by

a. groupthink.

b. the diffusion of responsibility.

c. social facilitation.

d. the fundamental attribution error.


b. the diffusion of responsibi

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