The effect of another bystander's ability to help on bystander intervention in an emergency☆
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This article is based upon a doctoral dissertation submitted to the City University of New York. The author wishes to express his appreciation to the members of his dissertation committee, Stanley Milgram, Harry Kaufmann, and his chairman, Harold Proshansky. The author also wishes to thank Thomas Henchy, Stanley Milgram, and Peter Pufall for their helpful comments in preparing this paper.