The idea that when people know that others are present in a situation, they allow their sense of responsibility for action to spread out among those who are present is ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word


diffusion of responsibility

Psychology

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A. risk/benefit ratio B. individual risk C. ambiguity aversion D. free riding

Psychology

When a group of individuals is tested in a series of treatment conditions over time, which factor can cause progressive improvement in performance from treatment to treatment and thus provide an alternative explanation for the results?

a. history b. selection bias c. practice d. fatigue

Psychology

After failing various intelligence tests, Phares found that:

a. internals claimed that success on these tests was not that important b. externals claimed that their success on the tests was highly important c. externals said that they secretly wanted to fail d. externals claimed that success on the tests was not that important

Psychology

Piaget's critics cast doubt on Piaget's view that infants are incapable of mastering the concept of ____________ until they are close to a year old

a. object stability c. object permanence b. object mobility d. object constancy

Psychology