Molecular diffusion

The Bystander Effect In 1964 in New York City, a woman named Kitty Genovese was walking home late at night after work. When she got to her building she was attacked by a man who stabbed her twice. Genovese screamed as loud as she could to try to get help from the people in her building who were just watching from their windows, doing nothing. Genovese was able to get away from her attacker and went inside her building, collapsing once she got through the door. The attacker then came back…

child could still be drowning, but you do nothing because you think everyone else will do something. (Burkley, 2009) Pluralistic ignorance is one of the two reasons for the bystander effect. The other reason Burkley mentions is the diffusion of responsibility. The diffusion of responsibility occurs when someone fails to personally help when they witness a crime. (Burkley, 2009) This happens when there are multiple bystanders around. Burkley (2009) mentions that in a situation, if you are the…

channels, 3) time, and 4) a social system. Diffusions can manifest differently because of the complexity of the organization’s makeup of individuals, as well as the norms within the group, the organizational procedures and rules, and leadership decisions. Social systems can also be influenced internally with interpersonal relationships, or externally, such as opinions of the mass media. Communication channels are an important factor throughout the diffusion. Within the social system, human…

Koh (1996) is a sociobiologist, who had study the evolutionary and genetic basis of social organization in both humans and animals. He has observed males of certain species of spiders who are willing to become “dinner” to the female mates that they fertilized so that they continue the genes through the offspring. Koh has seen the altruistic behavior that is a way to preserving one’s genetic material. Darley & Latané (1968 and 1969), and Eagly & Crowley (1968) observed the bystander effect that…

The killing occurred on October 31 at 11:59 PM. 38 persons were at the event, one survived.The interview with the one remaining witness did not go as planned. I asked if she saw the killer and she gave me one of those no-you-imbecilic-bagel looks. I asked if she suspected anyone of being the killer. She pointed, I didn't know who or what she pointed to but it was in my direction. I wondered who she pointed to.What I didn't know, was that the killer was closer to me than expected. I don't…

The hotel Monte Vista was built in 1926. It is located in Flagstaff , Arizona. The hotel opened on New Year’s Day in 1927. The tourism was in the mid 1920’s ,the local residents areeds Flag staff needed the first-class accommodations. The old existing hotels were outmoded. The began in April of 1926,and within 1 month it is investments of prominent citizens , funds donated by the novelist Zane Grey and totaled roughly $2000,000. In 1970 there were three men who robbed the bank…

Diffusion of Innovation Theory Diffusion of Innovation is a theory that examines the change in the groups behavior over time and clarifies how new ideas are spread through the organization. This theory is a theoretical framework that is useful when figuring out when to choose new clinical guidelines and was created by Everett Rogers. Rogers states that there are five cardinal components that impact the expansion and adoption of an innovation: relative advantage, compatibility, complexity,…

The Bystander Effect What is the Bystander Effect?: The Bystander Effect is the more of a crowd there is, the less likely one of the people are to act on something. The more people that do act, the more likely others are to act too. This is similar to the Bandwagon effect, where when someone is doing something, others are likely to follow, even when it isn’t right, due to them being pressured. How does this relate to the incident in class?: This relates to that class period in that some…

Martin Gansberg in the article, “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call The Police,” explains that people are apathetic, and they need to take action when there are conflicts. Gansberg supports his claim by describing an actual murder case and the number of people that did nothing when there was a simple solution. The author’s purpose is to point out the lazy and selfish nature of people in order to persuade them to be proactive in solving problems. The author writes in an educated yet…

The purpose of this experiment was to test the hypothesis that passive behavior from individuals in a group will signal that the situation is in fact, not dangerous. An individual is less likely to intervene in a situation if bystanders appear passive or if bystanders are there during the circumstance. When witnessing a situation alone, it has been tested, that these individuals reaction rate seem quicker and that the response rate and interpretation of the emergency happened earlier. Although…