Phenomenon Of The Bystander Effect

The bystander effect is a phenomenon in our society in which people will most likely not help a victim when there are other people around, making you a bystander. One of the most used examples was the case of Kitty Genovese. The New Yorker reported that she was stabbed to death in New York City, and 38 eyewitnesses did not try to help in any way. If people are informed about this social phenomenon then there is a better chance that more people will break this unwritten rule.

The course would be largely based off studies already published, starting with the 1968 study based on Kitty Genovese’s murder case, Axel Casian, Esmin Green, Hugo Alfred Tale-Yax and other popular cases where individuals just expect someone else is going to help. The bystander effect is an element of social psychology that implies that when the number of bystanders is increased in an emergency situation, the less likely any of the bystanders will aid, or assist in the situation. According to Psychorod.com, The diffusion of responsibility is a phenomenon related to the bystander’s sense of responsibility to aid and decreases when there are more witnesses present. In “The Bystander Effect,” article by psychrod.com it explains that this phenomenon in social psychology happens when the number

But what this view neglects to take into account is that society has encouraged students to follow the crowed, mind their own business, and put themselves before other people, however, with this course, students will learn, and be inspired to leave their comfort zone and help others as they would expect others to do for them. Another argument could be that the bystander effect occurs when there is a large crowd and you believe someone else is going to help so you better not get in the way; but the people around you are thinking the same