The process by which members of a group individually conclude that nothing is wrong because they observe that no one else seems to be worried is called

A) alienation.
B) community feeling.
C) pluralistic ignorance.
D) the bystander effect.

Pluralistic Ignorance

A process in which members of a group individually conclude that there is no need to take action because they see that other group members have not done so.

Bystander Effect

A social psychological phenomenon in which individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.

Alienation

Decreasing importance of social ties and community and the corresponding increase in impersonal associations and instrumental logic; also, according to Marx, the sense of dissatisfaction the modern worker feels as a result of producing goods that are owned and controlled by someone else.