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    antisocial; is always prosocial Comments The correct answer 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

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    The Trolley Problem‚ originally proposed by Philippa Foot prompted a range of responses. More specifically from Judith Jarvis Thomson‚ who presented a variation and response to this scenario. One of Thompson’s adaptation encapsulates the notion of a bystander who has the option to either remain inactive and let five people die or to reroute the trolley‚ by means of flipping a switch that would cause the trolley to move towards the direction of the other track with one worker‚ hence killing them

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    Are bystanders guilty or innocent when they witness civil injustice? In the ¨Harvest Gypsies¨ and ¨Wiesel´s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech¨ we are given evidence how bystanders can be guilty. Bystanders are guilty for not speaking up to injustice. Bystanders remain silent and ignore serious situations. Ellie Wiesel expressed in his speech how bystanders should take action when they see injustice of any sorts and not keep quiet. ¨Who would allow such crimes….How could the world remain silent¨(Wiesel)

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    Bystander Psychology: Why Some Witnesses to Crime Do Nothing In the article “Bystander Psychology” by Maia Szalavitz‚ the main idea was that people choose to stay out of situations‚ even ones involving crime and abuse‚ because of human nature. Research has been done regarding human psychology; people in a crowd would most likely avoid getting involved with the assumption that other people in that same crowd would jump in for them. This given mindset will make it so that the situation at hand does

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    The Bystander Effect

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    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

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    There has been so many situations involving people not helping others in a situation where they are hurt‚when they have been hurt‚ where they are in need of assistance‚ or people witnessing a crime involving someone getting hurt‚ we can refer to them as bystanders‚ or sometimes we can refer it as the bystander effect. This is a common‚ for instance‚ in different parts of the world‚ itś not just here in California‚ itś in so many places‚ but we probably don’t pay so much attention to this situation

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    Eric Hayes As A Bystander

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    Bystander is defined as a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part. Eric Hayes‚ the main character‚ is a bystander in the novel. Eric‚ a thirteen year-old boy who moves from Ohio to the city of Bellport on Long Island‚ New York‚ faces many challenges along with his younger brother‚ Rudy‚ and his mother. Eric’s father did not move with the family and was left behind. Eric had to adjust to a new school in a new community and life without his father. At school‚ Eric initially

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    The Bystander Effect

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    A fascinating dimension of the bystander effect is the diffusion of responsibility. The general hypothesis that has been tested is: As the number of bystanders increases‚ it is less likely that any one onlooker will help (Darley and Latane‚ 1968). Social influence adds to this idea. Passive social influence from bystanders acts on the diffusion of responsibility and maximizes the bystander effect. Although pro-social behavior can be learned‚ because of social restraint exhibition of pro-social behavior

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    Imagine yourself sitting in a store resting after a long day of shopping‚ and the next thing you know is an innocent person is being hit in front of you and others; ten minutes pass and the person is still being beaten now you may be asking yourself “Why are people not doing nothing about this?” but the real question is “Why have you not tried to stop it or call 911?”. In the two articles‚ “Gang Rape Raises Questions About Bystanders’ Role”‚ by Stephanie Chen‚ “The Nuremberg Trials”‚ and the novel

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    Reading Response 2: 38 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police I think the article was written in order to highlight the level of ignorance that had crept into society especially towards violence‚ perhaps in wake of the recent increase of violent imagery on television. I feel it was intended to act as an eye-opener for the readers which shows them how such shameless acts of laziness can claim lives. The tone that Gansberg uses throughout the article is one that is slightly aggressive especially when describing

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