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Diffusion of Responsibility
Diffusion of responsibility is a psychological theory suggesting that in an emergency setting, each individual witness feels less personal obligation to intervene when others are present. This divided sense of accountability is the primary mechanism hypothesized to cause the bystander effect.
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