Bystander Effect

Bystander Apathy and Effect The bystander effect, bystander effect is a social psychological that refers to a case where people do not offer any help to those who need it or to a victim when other people are around. Most of the time when other people see someone in a situation where they need help, they try to stay away. The bystanders most of the time don't want to be mixed up in the same thing as the victim is. Most of the time the more bystanders, the possibility of anyone helping drops. There have been many experiments by people pretending to be in a situation where they need help, and usually in a crowded area, if they ask for help one out of all those people will most likely help. It is also known that someone or the bystander that knows …show more content…
As she was arriving home a man named Winston Moseley attacked her in her driveway with a knife. She was stabbed, Catherine yelled for help to let people know she was in trouble yet no one helped, they “did not want to be involved.” Moseley saw lights from the apartments come on, he instantly knew people were watching and ran off. Moseley left then returned to finish his attack. In court he said “ It didn't seem like anyone was going to stop me.” the attack lasted about an hour. There were 38 witnesses who heard the attack and not one of those 38 bothered to help her, the police …show more content…
One is witnessing someone helping someone else, this can make you feel like if that person is doing it the right thing for you to do is the same thing. Another is being observant. Most of the time people that would help are not able to because they don't notice until it's too late. Or questionable situations can make it hard to tell if someone needs help. Having a personal relationship will make it more likely for someone to help one another in a bad situation. Researchers have found that people feel really good about helping the victim out in there time of need. Also sometimes guilt that other people will feel that weren't in the attack but heard of it will want to help in the after math of the situation. Having a personal relationship with the victim will make the bystander want to help more then just a bystander wanting to help a stranger, personal relationships help but its better to just want to help anyone in any way. If you feel good about yourself triggers more feelings and being happy or successful make it more likely for people to lend a hand to others. “How to overcome the Bystander