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Darley and Latané's Operationalization of Diffusion of Responsibility
To study whether people are less likely to help in an emergency when others are present, researchers Darley and Latané operationalized the concept of 'diffusion of responsibility' by manipulating the number of potential helpers in a laboratory setting. Because their experimental design directly and clearly translated their conceptual research question into a measurable manipulation—creating a crisis while varying the group size—their study is considered an excellent example of high construct validity.
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