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Five of the following sentences can form a coherent paragraph. Which sentence does NOT belong? (1) One reason is that each onlooker assumes someone else will act. (2) Knowing about the effect can help break it. (3) Another is that people look to others for cues, and if no one reacts, they conclude that help is not needed. (4) Psychology became a separate science in the late nineteenth century. (5) In an emergency, a person is often less likely to help when many others are present. (6) Psychologists call this the bystander effect.

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Sentence (3)
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D. Sentence (4)

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Sentence (4) is related to the topic but does not develop the paragraph's point. The other five form a paragraph in this order: In an emergency, a person is often less likely to help when many others are present. Psychologists call this the bystander effect. One reason is that each onlooker assumes someone else will act. Another is that people look to others for cues, and if no one reacts, they conclude that help is not needed. Knowing about the effect can help break it.

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