You Are Driving to School and Notice That There Is

Multiple Choice

You are driving to school and notice that there is an injured dog lying on the side of the road-presumably the victim of a hit-and-run. You are in a very busy part of town, however, so you decide that your help probably is not needed (someone else will attend to the dog and call for help, if they have not already) . Social psychologists would say that ____ prevented you from helping in this case.

A) belief in a just world
B) diffusion of responsibility
C) the Good Samaritan effect
D) the commons dilemma