The tendency for an individual's helpfulness in an emergency to decrease as the number of onlookers increases is called ________.

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The bystander effect refers to the phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present. This is due to diffusion of responsibility, where people assume that someone else will take action, and the fear of social disapproval or being wrong. Groupthink refers to the tendency for group members to conform to the group's norms and decisions rather than expressing their own opinions. The inertia paradigm is not a recognized psychological concept. The risky shift phenomenon refers to the tendency for groups to make riskier decisions than individuals.

The Tendency for an Individual's Helpfulness in an Emergency to Decrease