Bibb Latane's In The Unlikely Event Of A Water Landing

“In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing” Two young psychologists, John Darley and Bibb Latane, put together two well thought out experiments to rationalize the response time of individuals in groups. After reading about the brutal attack of Catherine Genovese in New York in 1964, which ultimately lead to her death, the two men were on a mission to figure out why nobody helped. Even with the witnesses being awakened by her screams, they chose to do nothing about it until it was too late. After Darley and Latane had the results from the experiments, they established five simple steps that would, hopefully, encourage others to help another when needed. Many people feel it isn’t their responsibility to help someone who is in dire need. For instance, the individuals who witnessed the attack on Catherine Genovese didn’t even think to call 9-1-1 until it was too late. Each witness should’ve felt …show more content…
Assume two children are arguing, there’s no need to call 9-1-1 for that. A person should simply sit them down and discuss the situation and compromise on a solution. If a woman is being attacked, the action to take is merely up to the individual. An individual has to take into consideration if the person is armed, if he’s much bigger, if he seems to be on drugs, etc. In that case a person may want to call for help instead on interfering and possibly getting themselves hurt or even killed. Every situation is different and requires a different approach. Once a person has decided on their own actions, they should follow through. If their action is calling 9-1-1, then they should follow through and not hang up. At times there are circumstances that don’t allow the person to follow through. Maybe their first response is to get involved to try and stop the perpetrator and then realize they can’t. In that case, calling for help should be the next