Word: latane
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...least one important respect, the findings of this study collide with the now classic report by John M. Darley of Princeton and Bibb Latane of Ohio State. Working under carefully controlled laboratory conditions, Darley and Latané found that a bystander is less likely to help in a group than when he is alone. A crowd, they concluded, tends to diffuse responsibility and makes it easier for the individual to do nothing. The Piliavins and Mrs. Rodin cautiously dispute this theory. They contend that under real-life conditions the average person-even in a group-will act when he clearly...
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