Kitty (Catherine Genovese)
We all know New York for being a beautiful city full of attractions, but from all the beauty and exciting things going on terrible things also happen. A women named Catherine Genovese alias Kitty, was brutally murdered with no pity or help from anyone. When this horrible situation happened psychologist were very intrigued to learn why didn’t anyone help or call the police, many People witnessed the crime being committed but did nothing to help. Darley and Lantane two psychologist who were astonished by the situation wanted to discover why the murder ended how it did and why witnesses would speak to police.
Kitty screamed away for her life trying to get some help but out of the thirty eight men and women who "heard …show more content…
The experiment consisted of participants being in a group setting and also alone to see what reactions were made either in a group or alone. Darley and Lantane figured out that three fourths of people reacted to the smoke while alone, they responded within two minutes of noticing the smoke. After, they tried the experiment with two participants who knew it was all an act while the other had no idea this was an experiment. The third participant which had no clue of anything, as he began to see the smoke he looked at the others but since they didn’t do anything but ignore so did they. Nine out of the ten participants just ignored the smoke and continued with their questionnaire even though they knew something strange was going on. The results of this test can answer many questions to as why no one helped Kitty till it was to late, unfourtantly people will less likely help if they know others wont give in to speak up. The participants I assume felt they didn’t have to speak up if others just ignored, I believe they felt it was not an obligation. In a case I went through a women fell and I promptly reacted to the fall, I didn’t think twice, it didn’t matter to me if anyone was looking. After helping the lady from the fall I looked at my surrounding and seen many bystanders just watching with no reaction to help, at that moment it was like this experiment others didn’t feel obligated to speak up or take action. A person is ess likley to take resposibilityfor an action due to others being present in a situation, which leads to diffusion of resposibility. Bystanders are an example of pluristic ignorance and they assume that if others are not reacting or intervening the situation it must not be an
We all know New York for being a beautiful city full of attractions, but from all the beauty and exciting things going on terrible things also happen. A women named Catherine Genovese alias Kitty, was brutally murdered with no pity or help from anyone. When this horrible situation happened psychologist were very intrigued to learn why didn’t anyone help or call the police, many People witnessed the crime being committed but did nothing to help. Darley and Lantane two psychologist who were astonished by the situation wanted to discover why the murder ended how it did and why witnesses would speak to police.
Kitty screamed away for her life trying to get some help but out of the thirty eight men and women who "heard …show more content…
The experiment consisted of participants being in a group setting and also alone to see what reactions were made either in a group or alone. Darley and Lantane figured out that three fourths of people reacted to the smoke while alone, they responded within two minutes of noticing the smoke. After, they tried the experiment with two participants who knew it was all an act while the other had no idea this was an experiment. The third participant which had no clue of anything, as he began to see the smoke he looked at the others but since they didn’t do anything but ignore so did they. Nine out of the ten participants just ignored the smoke and continued with their questionnaire even though they knew something strange was going on. The results of this test can answer many questions to as why no one helped Kitty till it was to late, unfourtantly people will less likely help if they know others wont give in to speak up. The participants I assume felt they didn’t have to speak up if others just ignored, I believe they felt it was not an obligation. In a case I went through a women fell and I promptly reacted to the fall, I didn’t think twice, it didn’t matter to me if anyone was looking. After helping the lady from the fall I looked at my surrounding and seen many bystanders just watching with no reaction to help, at that moment it was like this experiment others didn’t feel obligated to speak up or take action. A person is ess likley to take resposibilityfor an action due to others being present in a situation, which leads to diffusion of resposibility. Bystanders are an example of pluristic ignorance and they assume that if others are not reacting or intervening the situation it must not be an