Thurston has decided that the best way to help his friend who just lost his job is to lend him some money. Which stage of the helping decision process has Thurston just completed?

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

_____ occurs when a person fails to take responsibility for action in an emergency because of the presence of other people who are perceived to share the responsibility.

In the Bibb Latané and John M. Darley smoke-filled room experiment, participants were most likely to report the smoke when

Socially desirable behavior that benefits others is referred to as

Giovanni jumped into the ocean to save a drowning person, risking his own life in the process. He did so without any expectation of reward or getting anything in return for his actions. This is an example of

When the case was originally reported, the assumption that Kitty Genovese did not receive help was most likely due to

The presence of others heavily influences helping behavior when a situation is