Imagine that you participate in an experiment where you are in a private cubicle from which you communicate with other students over an intercom. Suddenly you hear over the intercom that a student is starting to have an epileptic seizure
According to research, you will be most likely to leave your cubicle and try to help if
A) you are the only person who can hear the seizure.
B) there is one other person connected to the intercom who can hear the seizure.
C) there are four other people connected to the intercom who can hear the seizure.
D) you don't know the person who is having the seizure.
Answer: A
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