The Asch Conformity Experiment

Have you ever watched a movie where the enemy has injured a character and you watch as the character dies and you just sit there wondering, “why didn't anyone help them?”
If you saw a two year old girl laying in the street, bleeding to death from being ran over twice, would you help her?
“Yeah I’d help her.” You think to yourself while you sit there, alone, without someone there to influence you. However, if you were in the middle of a crowd, in a crowded city, would you still help her? Many would still say yes, yet as soon as they were placed in a crowd, they ignored a wounded citizen, just as one ignores the blackened gum embedded in the concrete of a busy sidewalk. A great deal of people are manipulated into not doing what their gut is telling them when they’re with a group of people, in fear of being judged. …show more content…
An experiment put on by a group of curious scientists to study the logic behind the “genovese syndrome”, named after Kitty Genovese, a 28 year old woman who was brutally stabbed to death outside her apartment building in 1964. She called out for help, her neighbors looked outside their windows, but didn’t help her. Instead they watched from their windows as she died a horrible, painful death. When asked why they didn’t help, most of the watchers said they didn’t want to get involved or they didn’t think she was in actual peril. No fewer than 38 neighbors had witnessed Kitty’s death, yet didn’t help. It doesn’t take more than a few seconds to call the paramedics. Everyone in America knows the number to call. “Not wanting to get involved” is no excuse to watch as a fellow human being