Raheem is questioned about his failure to provide assistance to a fellow student who was calling out for help while being bullied by other students. Raheem replies, "No one else did anything, so I did nothing." Raheem's response is an example of
A. diffusion of responsibility
B. antisocial behavior
C. learned helplessness
D. altruism
Answer: A. diffusion of responsibility
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The habituation-dishabituation technique is used by researchers to
A) analyze which object the infant prefers to look at. B) analyze whether the infant is able to discriminate between novel and familiar stimuli. C) observe the infant's response to familiar stimuli. D) observe the infant's response to novel stimuli.
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a. the gross-to-specific trend b. the proximodistal trend c. the cephalocaudal trend d. the specific-to-gross trend
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