Essays on The Bystander Effect

Each one of us has some sort of inner drive to help others. The motivations and strengths of these drives can vary. This paper evaluates if people are more or less willing to help someone in situations when their actions are observed. It analyzes several...

According to RAINN, the nation’s largest sexual assault prevention organization, a bystander is a “person who is present when an event takes place but isn’t directly involved. Bystanders might be present when sexual assault or abuse occurs — or they could witness the circumstances that...

“I didn’t want to get involved”, “We thought it was a lover’s quarrel”, “I was tired”, “I went back to sleep”, “Frankly, we were afraid”, these were the direct quotes of bystanders in response to the cries for help that came from Catherine “Kitty” Genovese....

In our everyday lives once we step out of our house we are not able to tell what might happen to the rest of our day. As the saying goes “Life is full of surprises.” Indeed; With that being said, that is like witnessing a...

The basis of this paper is to uncover the imprint on how social cognitive theory, behaviorism, and conformity differ in roles, which explains the reasoning behind why people don’t help another person in obvious distress. Various studies and surveys have been conducted to determine the...

Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old woman, was murdered in front of her home on March 13, 1964. A New York Times article claimed that 38 witnessed or heard the crime, but no one responded or aided her to help. This event inspired social psychologists John M....

The Bystander Effect is a Social Psychological claim that most individuals are less likely to help a victim when other people are present. This creates almost a type of fear in most because they are scared of what people would think or say because of...

Time and time again it has been said to be ‘Never Again’ but literature still explores atrocities such as genocide in order to try and understand individual factors that lead to its development and influence the likelihood of genocide happening and how to prevent and...

Imagine that you are about to cross the street, an old man in front of you suddenly starts to cross the road without checking the crossing lights. Then you see a massive truck heading in the direction of the old man. He continues to walk...

‘Today, people don’t talk anymore about the mass murder of six million human beings’ (Wiesenthal 156). Even though this statement refers to the Holocaust, it applies to various genocides that have occurred throughout history. No matter the place or time, the same reaction happens as...