According to the authors of your text, when Bibb Latané and John Darley began to seriously consider why no one helped Kitty Genovese during her brutal attack, they hypothesized that the explanation was that
a. New Yorkers are all apathetic.
b. no one witnessed the attack.
c. witnesses knew they would not be reinforced for reporting the crime.
d. when many witness a crime, people assume someone else will call for help.
Answer: D
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