Darley and Latané observed that most university students failed to help a person having an epileptic seizure when they thought there were four other witnesses to the emergency. The students' failure to help is best explained in terms of

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The failure to help is best explained by the diffusion of responsibility, which is when people feel less personal responsibility to take action in a group or crowd. The presence of multiple witnesses may lead individuals to assume that someone else will step forward or take charge, leading to a lack of action.

Darley and Latané Observed That Most University Students Failed to Help