Molecular diffusion

A video was posted by MoeAndET on YouTube in 2014 that went viral and caused quite a bit of a stir. It was a social experiment dealing with public domestic violence. When the male actor was publicly abusing the female actress, many male bystanders stepped in to stop the abuse; some even got into physical fights with the actor in order to protect the actress’s honor. However, when the roles were reversed, not one bystander stepped in to help the actor. He was being actively abused, even as far…

the crime. None tried to stop it. No one even called 911 (biography.com). How could so many people see something so heinous and do nothing? Psychologist have a couple of explanations for how it might have happened, diffusion of responsibility and group ignorance. Diffusion of responsibility is a…

In a classical study conducted by Darley & Latane (1968), the researchers man focus was on bystanders’ response. What causes bystanders to remain silent and/ or speak out about what they witnessed. Using a sample of college students, researchers performed a study under the notion that they were anonymously gathering information on the college experience of students. The real goal of the study was to determine how bystanders react when put into a situation with someone needing help. The…

Violence and crime in this world now a days are through the roof of the tallest building to stand on this earth. People are scared to help as in bystanders to the crime being committed. Some might be nervous to help the victim or victims because of law enforcement retaliation, or just do not want to help. Bystanders should have the right to safely intervene in crimes they see! For the first example, a woman was gang raped on spring break in Panama City at the beach (AL 04). According to…

The usage of Diffusion of Innovations theory can capture the attention of the asset-light generation by using what is a current interest for our society. For instance, anticipating the release of the next iPhone by Apple or receiving update news on a recent crisis that may have happen around the world. Author or Diffusion of Theory, explains how the how a new idea is communicated through channels so that society is able to receive the information more conveniently from multiple sources. As an…

in trouble. Another example, in an article written about the murder of Kitty Genovese, it says, “How could people possibly just sit there knowing what was going on and not call the police? This case brought awareness to the bystander effect and diffusion of…

bystanders were present but confined behind a barrier, children helped just as often as they did when they were alone (Plötner et al., 2015). Thus, it was not just the presence of bystanders that caused the effect. The effect was motivated by the diffusion of responsibility, which existed in the bystander condition (Plötner et al., 2015). In the alone and bystander-unavailable conditions, children recognized that they were responsible to help. However, in the bystander condition, responsibility…

Two social psychologists named John Darley and Bibb Latane found that diffusion of responsibility occurs in situations when bystanders are in groups. In such a situation, people tend to believe that someone else will offer assistance. As a result, the amount of responsibility that they feel towards the situation decreases as…

The bystander effect, otherwise known as bystander apathy, is a psychological occurrence of a traumatic experience. This can happen to individuals who are a part of a crowd that witnesses a disturbing event where no one responds to help. There have been many stories and cases of these kinds of scenarios. Darley, J.M., and Latane, B researched the bystander effect and published an article entitled “To Help or not to Help.” This study brought to light the reasons why individuals do not jump to…

The murder of Kitty Genovese is a very touchy subject. No one really knows the truth. Was there 37 or 38 witnesses? Psychologists say they only found a half a dozen witnesses, and the 6 people who seen it, didn’t see the whole incident. In 1964, Kitty Genovese was attacked, raped and murdered in her home by a man named Winston Moseley after returning from her job early on March 13, 1964. Winston approached Kitty as she was walking toward her home. As Kitty began to run away in fear, she was…