Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Iceberg, Preconscious

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

We have a tendency to allow our beliefs and emotions to prevent us from thinking critically about what is being presented to us. These can act as psychological barriers preventing us from: And approaching things from a new direction . Studying behaviour scientifically (some topics from chapter 1) Recognizing that the results and findings may go against your instincts. Psychological study that demonstrates these 3 scientific attitudes. Kitty genovese was attacked in a parking lot. 38 bystanders witnessed, none of whom called the police. Original explanation was bystander apathy (people just don"t care about each other in those big cities) 2 social psychology darley and latane were curious as to why this happened. There were skeptical about the current explanation. Instinctually when going through an emergency you would want a lot of people around. However, in such a large group rather than bystander apathy they had.