According to Latane and Darley’s cognitive decision-making model of helping behavior, why is bystander apathy so common? A. Because their attentional resources are finite, humans have a limited capacity to make the cognitive decisions necessary to help in emergencies. B. The many cognitive decisions required for a person to help another in need are time-consuming and make it difficult for bystanders to make a rapid decision to help. C. Human judgment is often flawed and is subject to numerous biases and errors in reasoning that predispose bystanders not to help. D. The decision to help another person in need involves multiple perceptual judgments, any one of which may lead bystanders not to help.

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According to Latane and Darley’s cognitive decision-making model of helping behavior, why is bystander apathy so common?

A. Because their attentional resources are finite, humans have a limited capacity to make the cognitive decisions necessary to help in emergencies.
B. The many cognitive decisions required for a person to help another in need are time-consuming and make it difficult for bystanders to make a rapid decision to help.
C. Human judgment is often flawed and is subject to numerous biases and errors in reasoning that predispose bystanders not to help.
D. The decision to help another person in need involves multiple perceptual judgments, any one of which may lead bystanders not to help.

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