Bullying Behavior Is Motivated By The Bullies

The Bystander Effect was first demonstrated by psychologists Bibb Latané and John Darley in 1968, four years after the brutal murder (encompassing thirty or more witnesses) of Kitty Genovese. It is a social phenomenon in which observers believe that someone else in a group will intervene and offer help to a victim in need (1). According to these psychologists, there are two important factors attributed to this phenomenon, social influence and a perceived diffusion of responsibility. Social

Bullying has increased significantly over the past ten years due to ease of communication, whether it be from social media such as Facebook and Instagram or through text messaging. Growing up in the midst of a rapid technological advanced has allowed me to see what only people who were born in the same year see. Most people my age have all dealt with some form of bullying whether they know it or not. But most of that bullying did not happen until everyone owned a smart phone. Once everyone owned a smart phone around the age of twelve, we saw a dramatic change in the way people communicate for both good and bad.

The bystander effect is a social psychological scenario where a person who is in an urgent situation is not given any help by the people around due to the discourage from the presence of others (whatispsychology.biz, 2017). Social psychologists, John Darley and Bibb Latane, introduced the bystander effect in the 1960s after the murder of Kitty Genovese, a young woman who was stabbed to death outside her home in New York City. It took her attacker more than half an hour to kill her, and during that time, thirty-eight people saw her being murdered, and they did nothing to help her. “The responsibility for helping was diffused among the observers” (Darley & Latane, 1968).

If you saw someone being attacked by another person, either physically or verbally, would you step in and help out and try to stop the bully or would you stand by and let it happen? Not many people stop and think about this. Sometimes people bully to fit in, fearing if they don’t do what the ‘cool’ kids are doing they will be an outsider and then be left in the shoes of the one who is getting bullied. Bullying effects people all around the world and it is a very serious issue, but sadly not many people take it seriously.

Nonetheless, the bystander effect does not apply to everybody without exception. There are still some people who will sincerely try their best to help others, like Hugo Tale-Yax who actually was trying a help a woman under assault when the attacker killed him (Litch 651). I believe as long as one person try their best to help, so will others. In the end, try our best to help is better than do nothing but only the help from other

Psychologists Bibb Latané and John Darley stated that “as the number of bystanders increase, any given bystander is less likely to notice the incident, interpret it as an emergency, and assume responsibility for taking action .” Some things that influence the bystander effect are that the more vague the situation the less likely people will intervene. Also the need to accepted in social ways, like when the other bystanders do not react, people often take this as a sign that they don't need to respond

Such is demonstrated in the resulting behaviours that society has adapted through the years. Whenever news are published, stories of murders, rapings, car accidents, political issues and overall aggression make an impact on its expectators. As a result of seeing all the bad in the world, people lose more and more trust in the people surrounding them, leading to seclusion that is approached as a way of protecting themselves against harm. It is common to hear parents warn their daughters of the dangers they are exposed to out on the streets, and as a precaution, they are also adviced to carry objects of protection with them. Pepper spray, key chains, emergency apps and self-defence techniques are all taught fom an early age to act as defence tools against possible harm when out alone.

Bullying occurs at a young age and it is mostly dealt at school or on the bus. Many people hear horrific stories about students being bullied and what comes to their mind is why no one stand up for them or why no one did anything to help them. The major question is why that student did not speak up and tell an adult about the bully bothering them. The answer is simple, those who are victims of bullying are consumed by fear. When they do seek help, they are ignored and they have to face all of this on their own.

As shown in Fischer et al.(2011) bystanders will more likely to provide help, when they are with the people familiar with rather that strangers, because the partners can give supportive to each other in order to reduce the negative consequences, regulate negative emotions and also can communicate to increase the decision-making in order cooperate to help the victim. This is applicable for our respondents because almost all of them provide help with the partners accompany them. However, researcher mentioned when bystanders having the conversation among them, there may have bystander effect

According to psychologytoday.com, the Bystander effect is a phenomenon in which states the greater the number of people present, the less likely people are to help a person in distress. Originally applied to when violent crimes are ignored, the Bystander

There’s a lot bad situations that shouldn’t happen and could of been prevented, and people question how is that in their control. Half of any horrible situation could've been prevented with a phone call to authorities or saving someone when they’re hurt and contacting an ambulance. When someone is in need of assistance physically and can’t get help the most common sensed idea is to help them which in humanity should be an instinct. Yet the more bystanders there is the less likely it is that any one of them help.

Furthermore, the bystander effect has impact our society because now in present days people are too afraid to react to the things that may be surrounding them throughout their neighborhoods. Many people possibly think it is wrong to help others when they are witnesses of the bystander. Most people will make excuses such as “It was all unclear I didn’t know what was going on”. In most cases it is right to help others because they might be suffering and may need

Recently, a young student from DePaul University in Chicago was attacked on a train. Jessica Hughes was on the Blue Line, also known as the “L”, when two men attacked her during the day (Holmes). Hughes was not the only passenger on the train, and was screaming for help, so why didn’t anybody step up to help her? After a lengthy discussion with my mom about this topic and after hearing her scoff and claim that she would have helped, I told her about the clear, silent culprit - the bystander effect. According to Psychology Today, “The bystander effect occurs when the presence of others discourages an individual from intervening in an emergency situation.” The problem

This revealed that people need to listen out for and be aware of the signs when someone’s safety is in jeopardy. As well as provide them with the knowledge of the possible signs to look out for when someone is being battered.

Bystanders are everywhere. There is tens, hundreds, thousands of videos where people are there, but not doing anything during violence, physical and verbal. Being a bystander is lacking courage. Lacking the courage to even say one word. Teachers and students about courage in class, but people do not know what it is. Students are taught to be courageous, but not really. They are not taught how to courageous; students are taught the definition, to memorize and to forget. Everyone forgot what courage means when I needed them to remember it.