A contrived emergency was used by ________ to model the issue of the bystander intervention problem.

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The contrived emergency experiment was conducted by Bibb Latané and John Darley to model the bystander intervention problem. The experiment involved participants overhearing a seizure of a fellow participant and their response time was measured based on the number of other bystanders present. The experiment showed that individuals were less likely to intervene when other bystanders were present, thus highlighting the bystander effect. Choice E (Kitty Genovese) is an incorrect answer because she was a victim of bystander intervention problem and her murder was used as an example to highlight the bystander effect, rather than a contrived emergency experiment. Choices A, B, and C are also incorrect as they are unrelated to the bystander intervention problem.

A Contrived Emergency Was Used by ________ to Model the Issue