PSYCH 1X03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Abusive Power And Control, Jargon
14 Jul 2018
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The bystander effect: the case of kitty genovese. A recording said that he often had seizures. Later, the subject heard a cry of help. Most responses came from subjects who thought that nobody else was there to take action. Though, as the number of participants believed to be listening increases, the probability that the subject would take action decreased. We tend to expend less effort when we think that our contributions will be averaged with others: alan ingham- participants were bought in blindfolded, and were told they were going to play tug of war with a group. They were told to pull as hard as possible, and there are others pulling behind them (even though there was no one there). Subjects who continued dropped from 65% to 50%. In another variation, the experimenter left the room and a student was asked to watch- obedience dropped even more.
