At a crowded park, minera sees an old man clutching his heart and stumbling. If minera assumes that someone else will help the old man, she is experiencing the phenomenon known as

A) pluralistic ignorance.
B) social loafing.
C) diffusion of responsibility.
D) evaluation apprehension.


Ans: C) diffusion of responsibility.

Psychology

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