SOP-3004 Study Guide - Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Personal Development, Great Ormond Street Hospital
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Prosocial behavior: behavior that"s intended to benefit others. Do we help others: kitty genovese march 13, 1964 queens, ny knifed and raped. Attacked left twice and came back 35 minutes before someone called the police. Jan. 13, 1982 jet crashes into potomac river a construction worker passing by jumped into freezing river to try to help. Tendency to be less likely to help as number of other bystanders increases; the more people there are to help you, the less likely you are to be helped: darley and latane. P"s sitting alone in cubicles talking on the phone to other people (either 1, 2, or 5 - confederate) about how they"re adjusting to college life. One person mentions during the conversation that he"s prone to seizures and he has a seizure; did they help: only witness: within a minute, about 80% of people help; within 3 minutes, Large number of bystanders may interfere with this: interpret as emergency.
