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Diffusion of Responsibility
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Diffusion of responsibility is the reduction in each person's felt obligation to act as the number of people present increases.
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Each witness assumes someone better placed has already called for help.
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Naming one person directly removes the diffusion, which is why emergency training specifies pointing.