Bystander And Apathy And Effect

“Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder But Didn’t Call the Police” is unfortunately a true story about citizens who witnessed their neighbor being assaulted and didn’t take action. The neighbor’s negligence perturbed me, and I had to look into it. The Samuel Merritt University refers to it as “The Bystander Effect” and explains it as “a diffusion of responsibility . . . the more people there are to witness an event, the less each individual feels personally responsible for doing something” (Samuel Merritt University, “Bystander Intervention & Prevention”). This article about Kitty Genovese and her selfish neighbors reminded me of a dispute I once saw between a small group and an individual. It wasn’t the fight that startled me, but the group of apprehensive

People act differently when they are alone versus when they are in a group. Of course, it would seem logical that when a person is in a group they would act better because people are around, probably some of whom they know, to judge actions. This may be the case for most actions, but a curious psychological response, called the "bystander effect", has been observed which shows a troubling aspect of group behavior. This essay will look at a particular case that started the research into this phenomena, why it happens, and how it is effected by other variables.

The bystander effect is when a person has no means to help a victim when other people are around. The sad part about the bystander effect is that the more people around the less people will want to help because they are afraid of being victimized, too. The bystander experiment shows how many people will just sit there and watch. Image the physiology damage a person can have (Wikipedia Contributors).

The bystander effect is a fascinating psychological phenomenon in which people are less likely to lend support or aid to someone in need if there are other people present. The bystander effect seems ruthless and unethical, but it is a common reaction of many people when a stressful situation arises. The cause of it is likely a combination of several social forces. Most notably, the common scapegoat is “someone else will help”. This defers all feelings of responsibility and distances the bystander from the situation that they are observing. This is only one of the contributing forces that create this lurking danger of the bystander effect. This arises the important question of, how do we minimize its effect?

Everyday we are faced to make decisions. It could be something so simple or difficult. Sometimes it may involve doing something you’ve never done before or may not be comfortable doing. Sometimes you may even ignore the situation overall. In this case it would be called being a bystander. Nobody wants to be the person to step in and stop something from happening. Whether it is at a party or even just on the street.

“Short Story refer to “a story based on a theme; however shorter than a novel (Kirszner, & Mandell, 2012 p.95).”

As previously described, gap junction channels allow the delivery of signals from one cell to another. These cell signals can be for cell survival or cell death. The effect where neighboring cells are affected through the spread of GJP is known as the bystander effect.

The experiment described below was aimed at investigating bystander apathy and try and relate to it to diffusion of responsibility. The bystander effect has been greatly examined and investigated leading to several conclusions, with diffusion of responsibility being one of the most prevalent. The theory holds that a person is more willing to assist another person in distress when he is alone. When a person is comes across a person in distress and there are other people around, he is less willing to help. This occurrence of this behavior has been theorized to stem from diffusion of responsibility. This theory suggests that as the number of people increases, the responsible to help in a situation reduces. As a matter of fact, the

Have you seen a group of children bullying or pushing around another child? Did you stand by and watch the situation and not intervene? If so, even with such a minor situation, you fell into the bystander effect theory. The bystander effect happens every day in our lives and dates all the way back to the Holocaust and even further back in history.

The setting alludes to the spot and time of a story, to examine the setting, you should simply take a gander at delineations. subtle elements that tell where, and ask yourself "what words in the story help me envision what the spot resembles?" Also take a gander at points of interest that let you know when and what time, then ask yourself once more "when does this story occur? Is it long back, later on, or in the present?"

When do people know how to invade a situation? Jumping in between a situation, not knowing the victim or offender. Not many people know what to do when situations start. Should they not say anything, take out their phone, or deciding which side they should defend. There are many different reasons why people do what they do. Sometimes it could be the environment, social media, friends, family, and probably even experiences. Every child has seen something happen and not know what to do, or hear something but didn’t know how to react. Many people experience not knowing how to react which is also known as the bystander effect.

The term used by social psychologists – bystander effect or bystander apathy may answer the question what makes people to ignore others in need of help, and why?

The setting is one of the most important elements in a story. A setting is where and when the story takes place.  The setting affects the story’s atmosphere, mood and everything the characters say and do.  Characters respond to and interact with the setting of the story. The setting can also dictate what kind of conflict the characters may have in the story and how it will be resolved.

The bystander effect, or the person standing on the side, is a social mental phenomenon that refers to happenings where people do not offer any help to another person that needs it, when other people are present. The percentage of people that help is inverted and hung the number of bystanders. In other words, the more bystanders that are their, the less likely it is that any one of them will help. They may also be afraid of being pushed away or ignored by a bigger or better helper, offering unwanted assistance, or dealing with the the legal consequences of offering inferior and maybe dangerous assistance (Wikipedia Contributors).

Altruism is the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others. Otherwise known as “the bystander effect”, it is unfortunately exposed more via social networks and online websites in the present time. For instance, there is surveillance camera footage online which shows a small two year old girl getting run over by a van in China. Almost ten minutes go by as 18 people walk or drive past without any intentions of helping; some pedestrians looked and kept walking, others even created a path to avoid the motionless toddler. Eventually an older woman comes to the child’s aid but a few hours later he did not make it. With this short surveillance footage in mind, the final paper will focus on the past, present and future of the Bystander effect. The bystander effect has been found across a variety of experimental conditions, such as simulated asthma attacks (Harris & Robinson, 1973) and car breakdowns (Hurley & Allen, 1974). Similar to the bystander effect case mentioned above, others will be introduced briefly to gain another perspective. I will share my research theories and studies that I conducted and will continue to study.