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decision model of helping  

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  • Definition The decision model of helping, introduced in The Unresponsive Bystander by Bibb Latané and John Darley, outlines a process of five steps that will determine whether a bystander will act or not in a helping situation. This model is also intended to offer a counterargument to the proposition that people do not help in emergencies simply because they become apathetic. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Psychology; Decision Model of Helping]

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