While telling a story‚ details are often spared; in the story of Kitty Genovese‚ the information we are usually supplied with excludes various details about the mysterious girl. The documentary‚ The Witness‚ revealed details about the night of Kitty’s murder‚ her personal life and the lives of her family members. In the documentary The Witness‚ various details were uncovered by Kitty’s brother‚ about the night of her murder. Kitty’s brother went back to the apartment complex where kitty once lived
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Unfortunate Circumstance by:Gilary Ramirez The Victimization Theory that would best explain why Jennifer Hawke-Petit‚ Hayley Petit‚ and Michaela Petit were chosen as victims by Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes is the Theory of Passive Precipitation. This theory states that a victim may be unknowingly exhibiting characteristics that would provoke an attack from a criminal. In this particular case‚ Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughter‚ Michaela Petit
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Kaya 9/16/15 Bystander by James Preller Pages 1-223 Summary: The book Bystander‚ by James Preller‚ is about a boy named Eric Hayes. Eric moves to Bellport‚ Long Island‚ and he starts 7th grade at Bellport Middle School. Eric meets a boy named Griffin‚ as he starts school. Griffin is cool and very popular‚ but always seems to be in trouble. As Eric begins to spend more time with Griffin‚ he realizes that Griffin bullies a kid named David Hallenback. When Eric stands up for David‚ he gets on Griffin’s
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Journal 2 There are four main groups that influence us greatly‚ such as social facilitation‚ social loafing‚ bystander effect‚ and group polarization. Such as Social Facilitation‚ it means that your behavior in front of the presence of others helps you be better at it then if you were alone. Group polarization is influenced by others reason being is that you already believe something they believe in but they encourage you or influence you to believe in it more without telling you too. Social loafing
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The bystander effect occurs because there is a lack of social queues for action among strangers. I do feel people feel people are more inclined to divert attention away from themselves in the general public. Said plainly; it is awkward to be in that position. I think most people genuinely believe they would "do the right thing" and are likely to be a proactive citizen in a bystander group. But when the moment comes‚ it really does take a confident and swift thinking individual to rise to the occasion
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Psychology 9-22-15 Reactions to videos The Bystander Effect The bystander effect is where the bystander doesn’t do anything to help people in need. In the beginning of the video it shows an actor steal a girl’s (actor) wallet. The man saw that he stole it but since nobody else said anything about the thief stealing the wallet‚ he decided he didn’t have to say anything either. The second bystander test was a man dressed badly and acting drunk and no bystander seemed to want to help him. But when he changed
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With light footsteps and a quick mind‚ the bystander removed the armor to relieve pressure off his chest. Still breathing he moans in pain but comes to an awakening. He stares at the figure above him who stares back with big hazel eyes. As he lays there he comes into more awareness of what’s going
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Gaines went through surgery but shortly after the procedure he had passed away. What made people not help Gaines? Some reasons people say is ¨I don’t want to be responsible¨ or ¨I didn’t know what to do.¨ In reality‚ the biggest reason is Bystander Apathy. Bystander Apathy is a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases in which individuals do not offer any means of help to a victim when other people are present. The fact of this causes many people to become severely injured or possibly die
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June 8‚ 2005 Tips for picking a topic: Don’t pick a topic that is too big of broad. You have a limited amount of time for each speech so you need to pick a topic that can be completed or covered in the allotted time. Don’t pick a topic that is too technical or obscure. Places to find topics: Newspaper o School Newspaper Television Magazines o Discover magazine o Scientific American o National geographic o Martha Stewart Living o Newsweek o Time The general purpose is always
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In the story “38 People Who Saw Murder Didn’t Called The Police” a women named Katherine Genovese also called Kitty has been brutally murdered in her neighborhood and many people witness this horrific killing but chose not to call the police until it was too late for her life to be saved. But what would’ve happened if someone had acted sooner; Of course to state the obvious kitty will most likely still be alive. The author Martin Gansberg has given the situation on how people chose not to act but
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