Understanding The Bystander Effect
This article talks about how the bystander effect works and how it affects people in certain situations. The bystander effect happens when a person sees an emergency situation and does nothing, thinking someone else will help. In experiments done by John Darley and Bibb Latane, when a room that contained one subject and two calm non subjects, as smoke filled the room “only 10% left to get help” (Burkley). To avoid the bystander effect a bystander must recognize the diffusion of responsibility. Diffusion of responsibility makes the witnesses believe they are partially responsible for helping and not full responsible. To combat this, a witness must realize their first instinct “will be to deny responsibility for helping the victim” and the bystander
should not look to others for reassurance. If a person finds themselves in a dangerous situation they must single out a person and make them feel solely responsible in helping. Singling out a person makes them more likely to help others in a dangerous situation. Being aware of the bystander effect can also lower the chance of a witness not helping and of stopping such situations.
The author Melissa Burkley,Ph.D., teaches social psychology at Oklahoma State University. No evidence was found in the article to make the information accurate. The author provided statistics from studies done by John Daley and Bibb Latane but did not provide their own list of sources. The author’s point of view appears unbiased on the subject and the purpose is to inform. There contains no indication in the article on whether it is personal or professional. Their article contains no apparent grammatical mistakes or errors. It contains no graphics and no way of checking if the website is up-to-date.
The article addresses my topic by discussing how bystanders can stop crime and prevent violent situations. The article brought many statistics and experiments done about bystander effect making it worth visiting. The article brings up two different experiments and two real life situations giving insightful information. The article fits my point of view as it talks about preventing violence before or during the act. It fits my research by explaining how to stop people from watching crime and how to make them start acting when they see crime. This source uses many statistics and examples that can be used in my paper.
should not look to others for reassurance. If a person finds themselves in a dangerous situation they must single out a person and make them feel solely responsible in helping. Singling out a person makes them more likely to help others in a dangerous situation. Being aware of the bystander effect can also lower the chance of a witness not helping and of stopping such situations.
The author Melissa Burkley,Ph.D., teaches social psychology at Oklahoma State University. No evidence was found in the article to make the information accurate. The author provided statistics from studies done by John Daley and Bibb Latane but did not provide their own list of sources. The author’s point of view appears unbiased on the subject and the purpose is to inform. There contains no indication in the article on whether it is personal or professional. Their article contains no apparent grammatical mistakes or errors. It contains no graphics and no way of checking if the website is up-to-date.
The article addresses my topic by discussing how bystanders can stop crime and prevent violent situations. The article brought many statistics and experiments done about bystander effect making it worth visiting. The article brings up two different experiments and two real life situations giving insightful information. The article fits my point of view as it talks about preventing violence before or during the act. It fits my research by explaining how to stop people from watching crime and how to make them start acting when they see crime. This source uses many statistics and examples that can be used in my paper.