PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Social Loafing
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Kitty genovese (1964) 38 people stayed silent for 35 minutes. A woman was being chased by an attacker who was stabbing her, around a parking lot of an apartment complex. People were actually watching this and did nothing. Kitty ended up dying in front of everyone. This began a bunch of studies of why people would not try to step in and help. Smoke comes from under door, subject goes to find help. In another part, there is one subject and a bunch of confederates. I shouldn"t react or else i look like an idiot. Assuming responsibility for helping (diffusion of responsibility) Considering costs of intervention and concluding they are not too high. Then implementing the chosen course of action. Social facilitation the enhancement of a person"s performance due to the presence of other people common for simple behaviour but less so for complex. Example: bikers improve when in groups, racing against each other.
