The Bystander Effect

Bystander Effect Our hypothesis was disproved in that the bystander effect made it less likely for strangers to help out. The bystander effect is defined as the following: the more people present when help is needed, the less likely any of them is provide assistance. At first glance, we assumed that it would be the opposite effect. We automatically were led to believe that there was a safety in number. However, while testing out our theory, the hypothesis turned out to be false. The more people there were around in place of an accident or an incidence, the longer it took for them to approach the person (in this case Courtney and Anna). Although it was hard to understand most of the results in our project, we were able to realize