Comparing Different Approaches Of The Bystander Effect

‘A Television Drama’, written by Jane Rule, is the story of a woman who lives on the street where a crime takes place. The police, swarmed just outside the woman’s house, were asking witnesses questions and looking for the suspect of a burglary that had occurred a few blocks away. The protagonist, Carolee, is frightened by this and decides to stay inside her home. While inside the house, she walks around aimlessly, glancing outside the windows when she spots an injured man in her garden. She hesitates to call the police and simply observes the man, ultimately deciding against calling 911. Some believe that this was not a morally correct thing to do; however, Carolee was correct in deciding not to phone the police because she thought she might have been imagining the man in her garden, the police were already on the scene

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The bystander effect is associated with the phenomenon, which states that when a larger amount of people are present, the less likely people are to help a person in need of assistance. When an emergency occurs, people are more likely to help when there are little or no other people. A summary about this study as well as an explanation of the results and how the concept of situationism relates to the study will be discussed.

The murder case of Kitty Genovese sparked the city because of how her neighbors ignored her screams and didn’t bother to call the police till the last minute. According to Bibb Latane, a social psychologist, he questioned the idea of how these neighbors of Kitty Genovese didn’t respond to the situation quickly. In Latane’s experiment, he tested how a single individual react to an emergency situation compared to a group. As a result, an individual is likely to report the problem immediately compared to a group of people. The bystander apathy is present when there is a group of people in an emergency situation, where they think that someone will take the responsibility to help.

I agree with you on that, it is very sad what happened to Kitty. If someone would have intervened she might have been able to live a further life, but it was a very violent situation so I feel along with the bystander effect there was fear that kept everyone back from helping her because they feared for their own life. It's very interesting how the bystander effect developed, I personally think it was developed over time as the human race grew, the population got bigger so as an effect of that, when someone would get in trouble when there was more people, we would have the bystander effect come in, but thats just what I

The bystander effect is a very famous theory. It has been indited about in many Psychology Textbooks. In addition, there has been many situations that have been associated with this theory. Nevertheless, there was one story that commenced it all. This acclaimed story went viral and what some would call, legendary. This story resulted in a woman denominated as Kitty Genovese being assailed and murdered by Winston Moseley. The reason this situation became so popular was due to the fact that Kitty Genovese was murdered with witnesses nearby. Many wondered how can citizens of America sanction a woman being murdered knowing that she was in desideratum of avail.

Consider the story of Kitty Genovese: Kitty was an average woman. She lived in New York, had a job as a bartender, was well liked in her community, however on March 13, 1964 Kitty was was brutally raped and murdered right outside of her apartment building. Thirty-eight people watched as Winston Moseley, the offender, committed these atrocities as Kitty cried out for help while she was dying. Thirty-eight people watched, but not one of them tried to help. This event coined the Bystander Effect.

When there are less people in a situation, the bystander effect often fails to take place. This could be an example of common knowledge. If one person is aware that they are the only person with the information, they are more likely to take action. Another way to break the bystander effect is to make the situation more personal. One can do this by calling someone by their name, to break them out of the conformity mold of the situation. By breaking the bystander effect intentionally, one may be able to alter the behavior of others in the situation. Allowing others to lead one to conform is not ideal in numerous situations, which is why it is important to break the mold of conformity in the bystander

Luis Perez Ms. Douglass Debate and Speech, P.1 8 December 2015 Bystander Effect The bystander effect or bystander apathy is a major problem in society today. Whether you are at school or at a grocery store the effect is present even if you don't realize it. The bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon where individuals completely ignore a victim in need of help, when other people are present.

The bystander effect to me was interesting on how the number of bystanders increases at an emergency situation, the victims likely to get help decreases. I would have thought it would be the other way around that the more bystanders, the more of them will help or call for help, but I could also understand that if there was a lot of bystanders around that they would think someone else will jump inn and

I consider that you have provided a well elaborated discussion regarding the bystander effect. Your unfortunate event is a live example of being on the other side and experience how bystanders do anything. Things like this can give much to ponder about the times in which we live. I agree with your standpoint regarding why people may fall to the bystander effect. To add to your already elaborated post, I would mention distraction, pluralistic ignorance, lack of knowledge, and danger to themselves. People who are distracted might pass unnoticed emergency situations around them. On the other hand, pluralistic ignorance can arise when spectators or people who are just passing by do not give due importance to a particular situation. If the majority

The bystander effect is a social psychological phenomenon that concerns the behavior of individuals that, facing an emergency situation in which another person is subject to violence or needs help, do not intervene if other people are present. The effect has been tested in the laboratory by John Darley and Bibb Latané (1968) after the murder of Kitty Genovese, stabbed to death by a maniac under the neighborhood’s eyes while she was walking home from her work at 3p.m. She asked for help for half an hour before she died, but the bystanders simply did not. Social psychologists tried to explain the bystanders’ behavior, focusing their explanation on two factors. According to the social influence principles, in an emergency situation, it has been assumed that bystanders monitor the behavior of other people to decide how to react. When nobody is doing anything, other bystanders tend to assume that help is not needed. Moreover, the diffusion of responsibility appears to play a role in this phenomenon. In this case, people feel less guilty if the guilt of their inaction can be shared with other bystanders (Levine & Crowther, 2008).

Evaluation apprehension: Individual bystanders are aware that other people are present and may be afraid of being evaluated negatively if they react (fear of

The bystander effect study was sparked after a famous case where a woman named Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death outside of her apartment building in New York City by a man named Winston Moseley. It is said that about 38 bystanders witnessed the attack and not one of them did anything to help Genovese. Only one

On March 13, 1964, a poor bar manager Kitty Genovese was stabbed outside her apartment. The most shocking thing in this case is, during the murder, all the 38 witnesses did not take any measures to help her (Dowd, B04). The reasons why the bystanders behaved indifferently can be explained by a strange phenomenon called the bystander effect in social psychology. The manifestation of this effect is that people are unlikely to help those who are in need if others are on the spots. And what is weirder, is that the more bystanders, the less chance for them to offer their help. This phenomenon is possibly caused by the following four main factors, bystanders’ general characteristics, evaluation from both other bystanders and society, as well as two