Did the participants in Latané and Darley's (1968) bystander intervention experiment think what Kitty Genovese's neighbors thought? Did they feel what her neighbors felt? These questions address the ________ of their experiment

a. internal validity
b. psychological realism
c. reliability
d. cover story


Answer: B

Psychology

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