In society, people influence each other’s behavior when they interact with each other. As a result, causes and response of behavior in social situations is the scientific field of social psychology. People desire personal connections and relationships with others because it represents the sense of belonging and being a part of something special. As a result, without personal connection with others, a person’s mentality would alter and the person will be secluded from everything and everyone. Also, everyone has their own behavior and personality; therefore, with the action of peer pressure and other social norms, people influence each other’s behavior and actions. These behaviors are seen and explained through utilizing scientific method and
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In this article, Bazelon states that in bullying places that take place on school grounds, there are a mass majority of bystanders who do not intervene and help stop/ defend the person that is getting bullied. Bazelon says that “bystanders intervene only 20 percent of the time” (Bazelon, 2014). The bystander effect hypothesis occurs in this bullying situation because in a large group of people, these people watching the action of the bullying case are too afraid/ hesitate to be the first one to speak up to the bully. Kids find it extremely terrifying to speak up to aggressive and cruel behavior because “bullies are often perceived as popular and powerful, it takes a lot to thwart their behavior” (Bazelon, 2014). As a result of showing fear of these bullies, passive bystanders tend to sit and watch when they see a case of victimization. For example, in 1964 in New York, Kitty Genovese was violently stabbed to death, “even though she cried out for help to neighbors in a nearby apartment building” (Bazelon, 2014). Neighbors were just looking out the window and no one helped. As a result, most bully and violent cases represent a bystander effect because no help is being provided to a person that is victimized; instead, people known as “bystanders,” just watch and add onto the cruelness of the
In this article, Bazelon states that in bullying places that take place on school grounds, there are a mass majority of bystanders who do not intervene and help stop/ defend the person that is getting bullied. Bazelon says that “bystanders intervene only 20 percent of the time” (Bazelon, 2014). The bystander effect hypothesis occurs in this bullying situation because in a large group of people, these people watching the action of the bullying case are too afraid/ hesitate to be the first one to speak up to the bully. Kids find it extremely terrifying to speak up to aggressive and cruel behavior because “bullies are often perceived as popular and powerful, it takes a lot to thwart their behavior” (Bazelon, 2014). As a result of showing fear of these bullies, passive bystanders tend to sit and watch when they see a case of victimization. For example, in 1964 in New York, Kitty Genovese was violently stabbed to death, “even though she cried out for help to neighbors in a nearby apartment building” (Bazelon, 2014). Neighbors were just looking out the window and no one helped. As a result, most bully and violent cases represent a bystander effect because no help is being provided to a person that is victimized; instead, people known as “bystanders,” just watch and add onto the cruelness of the