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    The night sky was clouded with a tired haze‚ sending the city into an emotional collapse of anything exciting. Even the typically wild taxi services buzzed with boredom‚ and the street lights sent any bystanders into a mental slumber. With bland weather‚ came bland people‚ who had many things to accomplish while the rest of the city folk were caught in the whirlwind of disinterest. Genevíve Luther was one of those bland people‚ and she indeed had many things to accomplish that evening. Though‚ those

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    In today’s society‚ the Monomyth Archetype is prevalent in various forms such as television‚ films‚ books‚ and real life. Joseph Campbell founded the Monomyth Archetype theory‚ it involves a hero or heroine transcending the three main stages: separation‚ struggle or initiation‚ and return and reintegration. More specifically‚ this theory is predominant in the short genre‚ "The Step Not Taken"‚ by Paul D’Angelo. In the first stage‚ the protagonist is confronted with a journey of whether to provide

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    is: almost always antisocial; can have prosocial or antisocial consequences Max Score: 1 Actual Score: 0 Question 2 Social psychology has closely linked the story of Kitty Genovese’s murder with the study of ____. Answer the bystander effect Comments Correct!! Max Score: 1 Actual Score: 1 Question 3 If you are concerned that you are getting less than you deserve‚ then social psychologists would say that you are worried about ____. If you are concerned that

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    but unable to turn away‚” says Darley and Latane. Even though people may disagree and say‚ “Well‚ if I was a witness I would have done something about the situation‚” they can’t deny the fact that Darley and Latane made a very valid point about bystanders. Darley and Latane state that we tend to follow the crowd. The thirty-eight witnesses of the Kitty Genovese case attests to this. It’s in my understanding that the thirty-eight witnesses of the murder saw the situation as a lover’s quarrel. Now

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    Is being a bully or a bystander worse? I know that being a by standard is worse. The reason is you are watching a kid get hurt by another kid. The bystanders should go tell a teacher or an adult. Bullies are bad also but I would feel a lot worse watching an innocent kid get hurt. These are some of the reasons students are bullied. Some kids are bullied because of their race and others their religion. They may be bullied because of their friends or the people that they like to hang out with

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    helping of genetic relatives‚ which results in the greater likelihood that genes held in common will survive ( 2010‚ page 392). Another one is altruistic which is motivated by the desire to improve another’s welfare ( ). The author also describes the bystander effect in which the presence of others inhibits helping in an emergency indicates why the five steps necessary for helping—noticing‚ interpreting‚ taking responsibility‚ deciding how to help‚ and providing help. People are most likely to help others

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    08 Nov 2012 Action or Inaction and the Ethics of Choice One of Peter Singer’s four main principles of ethics is that we are just as responsible for our inactions as we are for our actions. This means that we as human beings have an ethical obligation to act if we witness something wrong happening. Even if we do not see it but we know it is going on‚ then once we possess that knowledge we have also incurred a moral duty to act. Without this obligation‚ we become a liability to the community

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    The bystander effect‚ bystander effect is a social psychological that refers to cases where people do not offer help to someone who needs help in front of other people. Usually when a person sees someone in danger or someone that needs help‚ they try and avoid or stay away from the situation so they don’t get in the middle or get hurt. The more bystanders there are most likely the victim will be severely hurt or even killed (Wikipedia Contributors). One late night‚ Catherine Genovese 28-years old

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    what if you were put in the position to defend someone. Would you do it? Most people’s initial response would be: “Yes! Of course!” But are you willing to get involved and possibly take the risk of being accused? Taking a second guess? I believe bystanders have an obligation to get involved in whatever case comes up in the safest possible manner. As an example‚ I will be using the cases of Shanda Sharer. Shanda was a girl being tortured by four other girls her age‚ at first. Two of the girls‚ Lawrence

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    Bullies vs Bystanders According to “Tales of Bullying” more than 15‚000 kids got suspended in 2008-2009 because of bullying and bystanders helping them. Bullying has caused lots of suicides. Also bullying has caused depression and other sorts of things. Bullying is a terrible thing that a lot of people can do. A bystander is far worse than a bully because of they keep the bullies’ courage up‚ they are helping a suicide‚ and they can simply can stop the bullying.

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