PSYA02H3 Lecture : chapter 15 part 3

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: John Bassili

Document Summary

Bystander apathy: it is when there is someone in need of help but we don"t do anything to help them, just stand there and watch. Example: kitty genovese (a woman who was stabbed 3 different times many times, 35 minutes apart but even though there were 38 witnesses present, no one called 911 until the last minute) People usually notice a person may need help, they interpret the event as one that requires help, they assume responsibility, they decide how to provide assistance, and finally help them. They know that others were there but don"t know if they called the cops or not (they assume by now someone would"ve called the police) -> kitty genovese example. Pluralistic ignorance: there a lot of people who are trying to get info from others but the others are also ignorant -> purse snatching example.