While Driving to Work, LaVerne's Car Started Smoking and Broke

While driving to work, LaVerne's car started smoking and broke down on a road with a lot of traffic. Her cell phone's battery died, so she could not call for help. For more than two hours, she was unsuccessful in flagging down someone to stop to help. Finally, a police officer offered assistance. LaVerne's difficulty in getting someone to help is an example of:

A) deindividuation.
B) the fundamental attribution error.
C) social loafing.
D) the bystander effect.

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