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    Bystander Effect

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    Bystander Effect/Diffusion of Responsibility Psychology Interview Questionnaire 1. What is the bystander effect/diffusion of responsibility in your own opinion? 2. What is the Malaysian’s level of awareness towards the bystander effect? 3. How is the ‘bystander effect’ situation in Malaysia at the moment? 4. What are the factors that cause the bystander effect? 5. What triggers someone to help only after they see another person take action first? 6. Does time factor play an important role

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    The Bystander Effect

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    ‘The Bystander Effect’ Lily is thirteen years old and tall for her age. One afternoon‚ she confronts a suspicious looking stranger near a young girl playing in the local park. The stranger takes to his heels when Lily challenges him. Lily’s bravery is the talk of the neighbourhood. On learning of this‚ a student who is studying social psychology makes the comment: It’s just as well that Lily’s usual playmates were not around or that little girl might not have received any help. (Vaughan and

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    Question # 3: The murder of twenty eight year old Catherine (Kitty) Genovese on the morning of March 13th‚ 1964 was one that would be remembered in history as prompting the discovery of the “bystander effect”. The 1960’s was an era of change within the United States. The military draft and Vietnam War had caused uproar amongst the youth who now turned to psychoactive drugs for recreation and were slowly succumbing to the rise of the hippie movement. “Free love” stemmed from this movement

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    THE BYSTANDER EFFECT The bystander effect is the name given to a social psychological phenomenon in cases where individuals do not offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present. It is a situational ambiguity; when we are confused about a situation and unconsciously interpret the event as if nothing is happening unusual. Some researchers have found that onlookers are less likely to intervene if the situation is ambiguous. We usually develop an illusion of normality

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    Bystander Intervention

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    Bystander Intervention by Viv Burr Introduction Kitty Genovese – murdered by Winston Mosely in early hours of morning‚ during March 1964. - 38 people are reported to have heard her cries for help or witnessed part of the event (over 30 minutes)‚ but no-one intervened. Press coverage of the time suggested failure to intervene was due to the apathy and indifference of New Yorkers (dispositional explanation) Darley and Latané were not convinced by this view and through a series of lab experiments

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    10-29-2010 Psychology Bystander Effect Essay In New York City around 1964‚ a 29-year-old woman named Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death. Despite hearing cries nobody reported this incident to the police; only because they assumed that someone else would or has already done it. Although murders in New York are not uncommon‚ the circumstances surrounding Kitty’s death have saved her story to be a strangely literal illustration of what is now a well-known psychological effect: the Bystander Effect. The Bystander

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    Name: Jacob Talley RC: 4 APA Reference: Valentine‚ E. (1980) The Attenuating Influence of Gaze Upon the Bystander Intervention Effect. Journal of Social Psychology‚ 111‚ 197-203. Introduction – This study researched the implications of the bystander effect when both gaze and no gaze methods were used. It tested this with woman to woman interaction only. The belief was that when gaze was held between the subject needing assistance and a random subject the expressed desire to help

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    Bystander Intervention 1----Social Psychology Eye Skip to contentHomeAboutDisclaimerFeatured JournalsNews Editors ← Social and Personality Psychology Compass first Video AbstractAffirmative action for women in Iraq →Bystanders… just standing by. When do people help and when do they not? Posted on March 13‚ 2011 by ezaiser| 1 Comment By Erica Zaiser Understanding when and why people intervene to help others‚ or when they don’t‚ is at the heart of social psychology. All students of psychology

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    pedestrians walk past the suffering man in such a location‚ they would lose their individual responsibility and tend to think that others present would take action. Hence‚ this social psychological phenomenon could be referred to as the bystander effect. Bystander effect was confirmed after the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964. Kitty was raped and stabbed to death in two different attacks as she was on the way back home from her work. According to several media accounts‚ the assault lasted for nearly

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    Use psychological theory and research to illustrate the phenomenon of bystander behaviour. The bystander effect can be defined‚ as when people are in the presence of others‚ they are less likely to offer to help than when they are alone. Research on bystander intervention has produced a great number of studies showing that the presence of other people in a critical situation reduces the likelihood that an individual will help. There are several real-life situations‚ which illustrate this effect

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