When Darley and Latané exposed participants to a faked seizure in one of three experimental conditions (participants were lone witnesses, one of three witnesses, or one of five witnesses), they found that
a. although participants who believed they were lone witnesses took longer to help, more of them did eventually help than in the other conditions.
b. when lone participants thought the experimenter also overheard the seizure, they took longer to help.
c. participants who thought they were lone witnesses helped more and helped faster.
d. helping is not substantially reduced when the number of witnesses increases from two to five.
Answer: C
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