PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Stanley Milgram, Psych, Murder Of James Bulger
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The first step toward being a helpful bystander is to notice that someone needs help or, at least, that something out of the ordinary is happening. In many situations, however, the problem isn"t necessarily perceived. The presence of others can be distracting and can divert attention away from indications of a victim"s plight. In addition, people may fail to notice that someone needs help because they are caught up in their own self-concerns. People who live in big cities and noisy environments may become so used to seeing people lying on sidewalks that they begin to tune them out, becoming susceptible to what. People must interpret the meaning of what they notice. heart-attack victims can appear drunk. Evidence of this reasoning process was demonstrated by ivy chiu loke who found differing levels of neural activation, measured using event related potentials (erp), depending on the expectedness of a behaviour described in a helping scnenario.
