Antonio Narro
Holland
AP Psychology
August 10 2016
Reading 39: To Help or Not to Help Darley and Latane studied diffusion of responsibility, which is a phenomenon that causes people to decrease the likelihood of someone helping in an emergency as the size of bystanders in that emergency increases by using students as participants. Each was asked to tell their problems to another participant through an intercom. Each participant was placed in a room alone with an intercom. The participants were split into 3 groups. Group 1 participants were told that they would be talking to 1 other person, Group 2 participants were told that they would be talking to 2 other people, and Group 3 participants were told that they would be talking to 5 other people.
Holland
AP Psychology
August 10 2016
Reading 39: To Help or Not to Help Darley and Latane studied diffusion of responsibility, which is a phenomenon that causes people to decrease the likelihood of someone helping in an emergency as the size of bystanders in that emergency increases by using students as participants. Each was asked to tell their problems to another participant through an intercom. Each participant was placed in a room alone with an intercom. The participants were split into 3 groups. Group 1 participants were told that they would be talking to 1 other person, Group 2 participants were told that they would be talking to 2 other people, and Group 3 participants were told that they would be talking to 5 other people.